Giving you a delicious dose of the weird and wonderful things going on in the world of food . . .

Smooth, like a camel. Camel milk makes tasty chocolate.
Craft beer relief. Tough economic times turn consumers to high-quality drafts over cocktails and wine. 
Fast food: what’s cookin’ in Brooklyn. Almost 60 percent of Brooklynites are obese, according to the state Health Department.
Pluots and plumcots: are they who they say they are? Dissecting how these plum-apricot fusions differ.
Sweet sensor. Artificial tongue can detect different sweeteners better than the real thing.

A full breakfast – no early wake up required. Breakfast necklace brings bacon and eggs to the table - sans frying pan.
The price of a wiener. Slate discusses the dough involved in hot dog cart vending.
Using ketchup to catch up. Vintage Heinz ketchup phone found at a Texas Antique Mall.

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Giving you a delicious dose of the weird and wonderful things going on in the world of food . . .

I’ll have an unhappy meal, please. PETA made fast food even more frightening at a McDonald’s in Albany, NY.
Hungry? Thanks a lot, treadmill. Exercise may actually inhibit weight loss, since it makes you hungrier. 
Easy like Sunday morning. Machine spits out 200 pancakes per hour. And they’re 97% fat-free!
Robots? Knife fights? An 8 year-old boy’s dream come true. Japanese restaurant utilizes two robots to make ramen.
The story of chopsticks. Smithsonian describes the history of chopsticks.
Soda showdown. Brand New revises the Coca-Cola Pepsi logo chart.
Don’t be a crab; be a candied crab. Nosh on this: Korean candied crabs may satisfy your seafood and sweet snack cravings.

Don’t slamdunk this. World’s biggest matzo ball rolled out in Manhattan to promote charity basketball game.

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Giving you a delicious dose of the weird and wonderful things going on in the world of food . . .

We all live in a yellow…bugle? New Scientist proposes five snacks that may be the shape of the universe. 
But the food tastes better with a mobster at the next table. Mafia man Anthony Rabito banned from his favorite Italian cuisine hot spots.
Click to become a tech-savvy wine connoisseur. Wine apps help people, choose, drink, and tweet.
Talkin’ bout my gin-eration. The first gin distillery in 189 years opens in London, which was once the gin-producing capital.
Return of the plague. Mystery illness hits French oysters for the second year in a row. Oh mon Dieu!
How awful to steal one’s offal. England claims haggis, the beloved dish of stuffed sheep’s stomach.
Reworking a classic. This Mona Lisa replica is created from 3,604 coffee cups in four different shades.
The evils of sugar. Creepy photo of a possessed-looking honey bear surfaces.

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Giving you a delicious dose of the weird and wonderful things going on in the world of food . . .

T.O.’s Toasted Oats. Wide receiver Terrell Owens now has something else to boost his ego: his very own cereal.
Food Safety Laws Revamped. New legislation requires more frequent food inspections and allows government to demand recall of tainted foods.
Fatty and causes brain damage? No thanks. Eleven year-old Australian girl claims contaminated KFC meal caused her brain damage and left her crippled.
Cocktail ladies unite. New York’s own chapter of LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) will commence in the fall. Cheers!
I’ll take it without sprinkles. Long Island Mister Softee vendor accused of delivering cocaine.

A drug-free salmon would be preferable. Chilean fish farms extensively use antibiotics and supply most of the United States’ farm-raised salmon.
The fat price of obesity. Congress considers passing a “fat tax” on junk food to pay for enlarged health care coverage. Other suggestions include taxing people based on BMI or body fat content.

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Yeah yeah yeah, we know that the whole cupcake trend is just annoying at this point but we were intrigued by Yummy Cupcakes’ “Cupcake in a Jar” concept. It is basically exactly what it sounds like: a small mason jar filled with cake and icing. Launched this August are several new flavors modeled after movie theater candy. We’ll give ‘em points for creativity, but for now, we’ll likely stick to the actual candy.

Some of the flavors were tasty, notably the Junior Mint, Peanut Butter Cup and anything that was mostly chocolate (i.e. M & M’s). But, steer clear from flavors like Hot Tamale and Buttered Popcorn—that fake butter taste that may work on popcorn does NOT translate to cupcakes.

In short, Cupcakes in a Jar may be gimmicky, but they could make a cute gift. Provided you get to choose the flavors ahead of time…

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-Carey Polis

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