Richard Branson is the chairman of the massive international business conglomerate Virgin Group. This, er, outspoken businessman is no stranger to the headlines as he’s tried everything from circumnavigating the Earth in a balloon to creating the first commercial space tourism business. But this . . . This is pretty…
HERB, the Home Exploring Robot Butler, is here to help. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Personal Robotics Lab created him to develop the technologies necessary to make Rosie the Robot a reality. Here’s a video of HERB being introduced by the lab’s founder, professor Siddhartha Srinivasa:…
What on Earth am I looking at? You’re looking at a Kracie Happy Kitchen DIY Hamburger set. From what we can tell, everything up there tastes like it’s supposed to. The drink is a fizzy cola, the burgers taste like meat, the fries like potato, etc. Terrific, but what is…
Kogi Korean BBQ, the Los Angeles-based Korean taco food truck, was one of the first trucks to garner national attention and helped launch the food truck craze. It is often held up as an example of what food trucks are capable of being as a culinary movement. Their chief chef,…
The British monarchy is pretty serious about their blood sucking eel-like fish, otherwise known as lamprey. The city of Gloucester, England, was once fined by King Henry I for failing to “pay him sufficient respect in the matter of his lampern.” Another King of England was slain at the “hands”…
Hoping for a decline in the price of organic produce anytime soon? That probably isn’t going to happen, if a recent study published in Nature is any indication. And get rid of any notions that organic farming is, by definition, better for the Earth. The “meta-analysis” reveals that certain types…
Fast food behemoth Wendy’s is unsatisfied with simply being America’s second-largest fast-food chain. Now they are moving to swell the hearts, and possibly the cholesterol levels, of Canadians by petitioning (“poutitioning” in Canadian) for poutines to be recognized as the Canadian national dish. In completely related news, Wendy’s also announced…
Editor’s Note: An astute and undoubtedly well educated reader has pointed out that the Pantheon is actually a building in Rome whereas the Parthenon is the proper name for the temple constructed by the Greeks. We have corrected our caption to reflect this. Saganaki. You’ll probably want to go ahead…
In a “shocking” turn of events, yet another “patient” was struck down at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. The woman fell unconscious while eating a double bypass burger, smoking a cigarette and drinking a margarita. Owner Jon Basso told Fox5 reporters that the 40-year-old woman, “[Gave] her body…
A Moscow restaurant blew $70,000 on a caviar eating contest. The winner, 49-year-old businessman Alexander Valov, manged to bolt down more than a pound of caviar (500 grams) faster than any of his competitors. How long did he take? Only one minute and 26 seconds…
We’ve all experienced coffee fatigue. That moment at the front of the Starbucks line when you’re prompted to make your selection and you blank. I had a soy frappuccino yesterday didn’t I? And the day before that? Same thing, and the day before that? You panic, gripped by the existential…
The video above, set to some jaunty steel drum music, appears to depict the consumption of Burger King’s newest monstrosity. Unsatisfied with introducing the bacon sundae for testing, Burger King has decided to push their extremist bacon agenda overseas. Their next target: Japan…
It would appear that the food industry has a problem being honest with consumers when it comes to labeling. Fish are mislabeled, lean finely textured beef is only grudgingly being labeled, and so on. But most of that pales in comparison to the financial ride consumers are taking on Kobe…
I recently saw two grown men in a college science class get into a heated debate over which Pop-Tart flavor was the best. One man insisted that strawberry was the best, the other that brown sugar cinnamon ruled supreme. The debate raged for at least 20 minutes and it was…
The CDC is tracking a sushi centered salmonella outbreak that has sickened 116 people so far. Of that number, 12 were sick enough to be hospitalized. The CDC has only interviewed about half of the people affected by this outbreak but among those people 91% reported eating sushi prior to…
Last month we noted that celebrated Momofuku chef David Chang would be squaring off in a fried chicken competition against musician and neophyte food entrepreneur Questlove. Good natured smack talk was traded via twitter and terms were agreed upon. In the event of Chang’s loss, Chang would put Questlove’s chicken…
First cupcake ATMs, now a small army of sushi making machines? If the retro “News of the World” style music doesn’t get you then just wait until the 0:40 mark, whoever edited this video wasn’t afraid to lay down some funky beats. The sushi making machines featured in this video…
A less than scientific survey from CouponCabin says that nearly 1/3 of respondents refuse to leave a tip if they receive below average service. The survey further claims that 20% of respondents only tip out of a sense of obligation. There were a few other juicy tidbits in the press…
Editor’s Note: The truffiere that was afflicted by disease was incorrectly identified as being in Oregon. The truffiere was actually located in North Carolina. Local entrepreneurs Aaron and Liz Eckburg of Go Lbs Salt announced plans recently to found the southwest’s first commercial truffiere, an orchard for truffles. Due to…
In what is likely the most definitive proof that the era of reality television needs to come to an end, Deadline is reporting that work has begun on a bacon reality TV show. Apparently, the show will focus on the exploits of Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow, two Seattle based…
None of these rares species of reviewers will be a surprise to many of you. Who hasn’t seen a mated pair of couponus savus pouring over a menu trying to find the perfect mixture of appetizers, entrees and desserts to maximize their Groupon? Or seen a herd of yelpus complainus…
We’ve talked about Henry Hargreaves’ work before. In contrast to his radioactively colorful rainbow food, this gallery is darker by degrees. “No Seconds” features simply arranged death row meals. Serial killer John Wayne Gracy’s meal, seen above, might make you leery of making a late night trip to satisfy your…
