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.