The $16 Muffin Is the New $600 Toilet Seat
Critics of government waste are outraged because the Justice Department paid $16 apiece for muffins at a 2009 conference.
International Vegemite Incident
Australian foreign minister Kevin Rudd says that US airport security staff tried to confiscate his supply of Vegemite.
Belgians Protest By Eating Fries in Underwear
Belgium has gone 249 days since its last election without forming a government. As a protest, a group of Belgian students ate fries in their underwear.
Obit: White House Chef to the Kennedys Dies at 86
Rene Verdon, the White House chef for the Kennedys, has died at 86. He brought French cuisine to the White House, but clashed with the Johnson administration over frozen vegetables and garbanzo beans.
Foodie Fact Check: Who Regulates Smoked Salmon?
Even if you missed the live broadcast of President Obama's State of the Union remarks last night, by now you have probably heard the soundbite of his smoked salmon joke.
Using the regulation of the salmon industry as an example of bureaucratic overlap, President Obama noted the dual jursidiction of the Interior and Commerce Department over salmon fishing and then riffed, "I hear it gets even more complicated once they’re smoked."
The Clinton Bump
The New York Times reports on the marketing power conferred on restaurants by a visit from former president Bill Clinton: "He is doing for restaurants around the world what George Washington once did in America for places to sleep."
Nathalie Dupree Announces Senate Candidacy
South Carolina chef, TV show host and cookbook author Nathalie Dupree is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint with a write-in candidacy. "I have one goal in this campaign: to cook Jim DeMint's goose," she said.
Beer vs. Pot in California
A California beer industry group is spending money to oppose a marijuana legalization proposition on the state ballot in November.Taiwan Launches "Gastro-Diplomacy" Campaign
The Strange Food Pornography of Politicians Eating Ice Cream
The Huffington Post outdoes itself with its latest slideshow gambit: 45 photos of politicians eating, licking, and slurping ice cream. Click away!what's fresh
FDA: Black Licorice Could Be Bad for Your Health
October 27Eating two ounces a day could cause an irregular heart rhythm.
Garject: A Garlic Press With an Ejector Seat
October 25James Bond would love it (if he was into pressing garlic).
The Corkcicle Chills Wine from the Inside Out
October 21A wine cooling device that chills from inside the bottle.
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