Songs in the Key of Spaghetti

Recipes by famous chefs set to music. Via Serious Eats.

Joel Madden on Cooking

"I should have a cooking show, or at least a cook book. I'm a damn good cook. I should have my own restaurant."

Burning Questions: Was Michael Jackson Really a Vegetarian?

At the Michael Jackson memorial, Magic Johnson told a story in which he watched Michael Jackson eat fried chicken (a posthumous endorsement of KFC) at Neverland. But, I thought he was a vegetarian. What gives?

It's Swiss Chard Out Here for a Pimp

The Oscar-award winning rap group Three 6 Mafia is shopping around a cooking show titled "Cookin' Ain't Easy."

Pairing Music and Dining

Gael Greene, former New York magazine restaurant critic, and Andrew Wintner, director of nightlife for B.R. Guest Restaurants, discuss the pros and cons of music in restaurants.

Dining with Ludacris

Food & Wine visits rapper and restaurateur Ludacris at his Atlanta eatery Straits Atlanta, where Singaporean cuisine is on the menu.

Michael Jackson: King of Dried Fruit

From "The Collection of the King of Pop," the upcoming auction of Michael Jackson's property (April 22 through April 25): a custom figurine of a "California raisin" made in the likeness of singer.

Estimated value: $100 to $150.

Ode to Trader Joe's, With a Bossa Nova Beat

A brilliant ode to Trader Joe's -- the soy milk, the yoga moms, the "cage free eggs that aren't free range" -- set to the sounds of Antonio Carlos Jobim's Águas de Março.

Found via The Knife.

Dr Pepper Loses Bet With Guns N' Roses

In May, Dr Pepper challenged Guns N' Roses to release its famously delayed album "Chinese Democracy" during 2008. If the album was issued, the soda company promised it would give away a free can of Dr Pepper to "everyone in America."

Now that "Chinese Democracy" will officially be released at the end of November, Dr Pepper plans to make good on its bet with the rock band and give away soda by using coupons. It may turn out to be a brilliant marketing move, but it could cost Dr Pepper several million dollars, according to Ad Age, which put the total at $165 million in the extremely unlikely event that every American claimed his or her free can of soda.

Nas on Fried Chicken

"After you shower, you and your Gold Medal flour/
Then you rub your hot oil for 'bout a half an hour/
You in your hot tub, I'm looking at you, salivating/
Dry you off, I got your paper towel waiting."