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April 25, 2012
Burger King Promises to Stop Use of Caged Pigs and Hens
Following in McDonald's footsteps, Burger King has announced that it will only serve pork from suppliers who have banned gestation crates, and cage-free eggs in its restaurants nationwide. Burger King is now the only fast food restaurant that has committed to selling cage-free products.
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Food and Fashion Don't Quite Go Together
There's more to the Internet than food blogs (except this one of course). If you only read recipes and ogled food porn, you'd miss out on fantastic videos like the ones from MVPleez -- their newest opus to ramps, starring Harold Dieterle and Jimmy Bradley, is one to waste a few minutes on. And how c ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Green Ketchup for St. Patrick's Day, Burger King?
There are many ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Drinking excessive amounts of whiskey, jumping into a green river, dressing up as a leprechaun are just a few things that come to mind. Burger King has yet another idea: delighting in free fries and green ketchup like a 5-year-old. This weekend, ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2011
Burger King's New French Fries: A Review
The brand new fries at Burger King have been rolled out. Burger King has made a big fuss over its new fries, the first reformulation of that product since 1998, when the extra crispy and starchy fries were introduced. This time around, the fries are thicker, for the purpose of extra heat r ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2011
Hinsch's Egg Creams Live On!
Things were looking pretty grim after beloved Bay Ridge luncheonette Hinsch's (home of one delicious egg cream) had closed after more than half a century in business. But the tides have changed and the old ice cream parlor is back in business, reports the New York Daily News. And it's gotten a face ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2011
Where to Drink During Oktoberfest; Red Wine Good for Hearts, But Not for Blood Pressure
Eric Asimov finds himself rather underwhelmed by New Zealand Pinot Noirs. [NY Times] Fast-food chains like Starbucks and Burger King have started serving booze, but others say it's not worth the hassle. [NY Times] A roundup of spots to celebrate Oktoberfest includes Zum Schneider in the Eas ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Royal Wedding Products Abound in the U.K.; Mark Ruffalo Rallies to Save Water
In Asia, higher food prices are leading to greater company valuations and, in turn, mergers and acquisitions, which are sure to take their toll on global agribusiness. [Wall Street Journal] Why are food prices still soaring? The rising cost of fuel, civil unrest, possible climate change, and ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
Brad Pitt and Other Celebs Shilled for Food Before They Were Famous
George Clooney might be well-known as the face of Nespresso, and the image of Padma Lakshmi munching away at Burger King is forever ingrained in the minds of fourteen-year-old boys. Other celebrities have endorsed food products, too...only in roles before they hit stardom. The Daily Meal has a fun ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2011
End of a Raunchy Era? Burger King Drops the Ad Agency Responsible for Bad Blow-Up Doll Burger Porn and Whopper Freakout
The ad that blew up in BK's face.It's been a rough couple of years for Burger King. With McDonald's and Subway vying for fast-food world domination, BK has been left struggling to overcome sliding sales and falling market share. The chain's latest attempt to reverse the trend, according to Na ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2011
Burger King Jalapeno & Cheddar Stuffed Steakhouse — Reinventing Meatloaf
Though the bun displays more buoyancy, the BK Jalapeno & Cheddar Stuffed Steakhouse resembles a standard burger -- minus the pickles and onions. For the last couple of decades, to make their products seem more "natural," fast-food franchises have shunned fillers and chemical additives. Befo ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2010
Fast Food Chains to Redouble Efforts to Fatten Americans in 2011
Victoria BekiempisDunkin's sausage pancake bites: part of a growing arsenal.Donna Simpson, New Jersey's most famous fat lady, used Thanksgiving to remind America that she is still committed to one day weighing 1,000 pounds. And thanks to some recent menu updates, she'll be getting plenty of h ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2010
Noted.
Spotted in the window of a Burger King in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and filed under "Adding Insult to Injury." [Thanks to Jen Doll] Have a tip or restaurant-related news? Send it to fork@villagevoice.com.
Blogs
October 5, 2010
Death Match: Burger King Breakfast Bowl vs. McDonald's Angus Deluxe Snack Wrap
Coming at you: the McDonald's Angus Deluxe Snack Wrap Few things are as relentlessly flogged on TV as the new product roll-outs of fast-food chains. We've been exposed to two in particular over the last few months: the BK Breakfast Bowl and McDonald's Snack Wraps.
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Dear Rest-of-America: Take This Map, It's Why You're Wrong About the "Ground Zero Mosque"
According to a recent Siena Research Institute poll, 50% of New Yorkers think that the "Ground Zero Mosque" will promote racial and religious tolerance. Yet: 68% of Americans oppose it, despite the endorsements of New York City's mayor and the President of the United States of America. But th ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
Alain Ducasse and Others Go Veggie; Burger King Launches Breakfast for Tykes
Alain Ducasse is one of several top chefs who are turning their attentions to vegetables, even offering haute veggie tasting menus. [Wall Street Journal] McDonald's posted a 12 percent gain in its second quarter thanks, in part, to its new smoothies and frappes. [Bloomberg] Burger King is ... More >>
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April 27, 2010
Copenhagen's Noma Named Best Restaurant in the World; Amtrak Tests Beef-Powered Train
Noma in Copenhagen finally topped El Bulli as the best restaurant in the world at the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants reception, held last night in London. Daniel jumped 33 spots to no. 8, Per Se dropped four spots to no. 10, and Le Bernardin stayed at a comfortable no. 15. [Bloombe ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
Fake Heirlooms Rile Tomato Purists; Burger King Does... Brunch?
In Durham, N.C., the rich outlying soils that once grew tobacco now sprout peas, strawberries, fennel, artichokes, and lettuce. Chefs are also using local milk, cheese, eggs, pigs, chickens, quail, lambs, and rabbits. [NY Times] Tomato purists cry heresy as plant breeders offer hybrid versio ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2010
Burger King Responds to the Ad Driving the Mental Health Community Crazy: "We Respect All Our Guests." (Even the Crazies.)
Crazy for you, Steakhouse.In this era of sagging fast-food sales and campaigns to RetireRonald.com, burger chains aren't having the easiest of times these days. Burger King is getting its turn to squirm this week with backlash against its ad for the new Steakhouse burger priced at the insanel ... More >>
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February 17, 2010
Tweeting Chefs Are Tricky; More Salami Recalled
Rhode Island-based Daniele International is expanding its recall of salami products due to possible salmonella contamination. Another 115,000 pounds of salami is being recalled following 1 million pounds recalled last month. [AP] Burger King plans to enter the coffee wars by selling Starbuck ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2010
Attention, Ladies: Burger King, Like a Bad Boyfriend, Wants You Back
Burger King wants women to swallow its new party line.Just in time for Valentines Day, Burger King has decided it wants to win back the women it so methodically alienated with "seven incher" blow-jobs and almost-naked ladies singing in the shower. According to Advertising Age, the chain is no ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2009
Serious Eats Looks Back at the Year's Burger Trends
pointnshoot/flickrBurger? Trend? You be the judge.Throw another year-end listicle on the campfire: Serious Eats has decided to take a Russian doll approach to cataloging the trends of the past 12 months by deeming the burger trend worthy of its own top 10 (or more specifically, top 7) list. ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2009
Beef! Finally Gives the World a Magazine for Dudes Who Cook
Among the other things we can now thank Germany for is Beef!, a food magazine geared towards the XY set. A new publication from Gruner Jahr, it's kind of like what would happen if Maxim and GQ got hungry and fired up a big, testosterone-fueled grill. And it shouldn't be confused with BEEF ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2009
Cadbury Workers Mount Anti-Kraft Protest; Spain Gets a Molecular Cooking School
Major fast-food chains are rolling out new cheaper menu options. McDonald's will start a Dollar Breakfast Menu in January; Burger King is touting its $1 double cheeseburgers; and Taco Bell is gearing up for its 89-cent Beefy 5-Layer Burrito and, later, the Five Bucks Box with four food items ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
Yum, Art: Brooklyn Art Collective Gets Inspired by Patties & Buns
Elizabeth Jones/Eat Me Daily Broooklyn artist collective, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, has a burger-filled installation at Art Basel Miami Beach. The fake burgers are made with real buns from Burger King, and sit next to a video of Andy Warhol eating a slider.
Blogs
October 8, 2009
Battle of the Dishes: Big Mac vs. The Whopper
One bag telegraphs purity, the other an earthy earnestness. Which will win? Could it be a tie? And why do they insist on calling them "sandwiches"? The Big Mac was born in 1968, when a burger modeled on the Big Boy invented by a Pittsburgh franchisee was nationalized. It has been the flagsh ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2009
Burger King Revamps, Beefs Up Image
Pat Sullivan/APAt the Burger King of the future, you will sit in red chairs.No longer content to wallow in the crowded fast-food gutter, Burger King is moving on up to the fast-casual realm, at least on the surface. The corporation announced today that it's planning a massive image overhaul o ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2009
Food Network to Go Global; Daniel Joins Michelin Three-Star Club
A group of food corps is launching the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a national, multi-year campaign to help reduce obesity -- especially childhood obesity -- by 2015. [PR Newsire] A study reveals that customers at fast-food chains, such as McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and KFC, ... More >>
Columns
July 28, 2009
Club Kids Take Over Dunkin' Donuts!
Cazwell's 20-minute bashes.
Blogs
July 2, 2009
Mickey D's Gets a New Burger; Dunkin' Donuts Halts Dunkaccino Sales
McDonald's has a new burger on the menu, the first new permanent item since 2001. The Angus Third Pounder--which comes in Deluxe with American cheese, lettuce, and tomato; Bacon & Cheese; and Mushroom & Swiss varieties--seems to be competing with Burger King's Steakhouse Burger and other beefier bur ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2009
The Botanical Gardens Get Foodie & "What's Up with These Dumb, Pornographic Fast Food Ads?"
The New York Botanical Garden is embracing the fresh food movement this summer with its new Edible Garden program, which will feature such temporary exhibitions as "Tropical Fruits, Roots and Shoots." Martha Stewart helped the Botanical Garden revamp its herb garden, which now includes a variety of ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2009
The Scent of a Man, Brought to You By Burger King
WTF? Burger King has launched a cologne called "Flame" in the UK that's supposed to be inspired by the smell of grilled meat. A spokesperson said, "It's a very manly smell. It's a real change from the his-and-hers type scents. It's well known that certain foods can increase your libido. Flame has ... More >>
Blogs
May 29, 2009
Organic Farmers Suffer Losses; Prisoners Excercise Their Green Thumbs
Organic farmers are feeling the sting of the organic food trend slowing. Dairy farmers, especially, are suffering, and many have been told to cut milk production by up to 20 percent. The slowdown, combined with the high cost of transporting organic feed from the Midwest has caused 32 dairy farms in ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2009
Mickey D's Making Customers Happy & The Latest Food Safety Scare? Cantaloupes!
Grilling enthusiasts need not skimp on the steak this summer. Bargain cuts include hanger, flatiron, flank, flap, tri-tip, skirt, chuck eye, chuck shoulder and top sirloin. So, what's the key to the perfect steak? Patience: let it sit before you put it on the grill and after. [Washington Post] A po ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2009
James Beard Loves New York; All-Natural Chicken Not Always So
James Beard Foundation Awards winners included Jean Georges for outstanding restaurant, Drew Nieporent for outstanding restaurateur, Dan Barber for outstanding chef, Momofuku Ko for best new restaurant, Daniel for best service, and Totonno's pizzeria was named one of America's Classics. [NY Times] ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2009
Attention Fatties: Don't Wear Slimming Things!
James Beard Foundation Awards winners included Jean Georges for outstanding restaurant, Drew Nieporent for outstanding restaurateur, Dan Barber for outstanding chef, Momofuku Ko for best new restaurant, Daniel for best service, and Totonno's pizzeria was named one of America's Classics. [NY Times] ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2008
Edible News Roundup
James Beard Foundation Awards winners included Jean Georges for outstanding restaurant, Drew Nieporent for outstanding restaurateur, Dan Barber for outstanding chef, Momofuku Ko for best new restaurant, Daniel for best service, and Totonno's pizzeria was named one of America's Classics. [NY Times] ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2008
Red Menace: The Tomato Salmonella Outbreak
James Beard Foundation Awards winners included Jean Georges for outstanding restaurant, Drew Nieporent for outstanding restaurateur, Dan Barber for outstanding chef, Momofuku Ko for best new restaurant, Daniel for best service, and Totonno's pizzeria was named one of America's Classics. [NY Times] ... More >>
News
May 6, 2008
NYPD Inaction Over a Missing Black Woman Found Dead Sparks a Historic Racial-Bias Lawsuit
Police blew off the story of a young black woman who vanished. She was tortured and murdered. Now, a court ruling has reopened the case on bias grounds.
Music
May 8, 2007
Stuff You Need To Know This Week To Avoid Cultural Ostracism
Police blew off the story of a young black woman who vanished. She was tortured and murdered. Now, a court ruling has reopened the case on bias grounds.
NYC Life
January 24, 2006
For the Birds
Burger King demolishes chicken as we know it
NYC Life
April 26, 2005
Hug This Virus
Paper towel paramour: web's latest click-fest slips us the soft message via syrupy shorts
Blogs
October 20, 2004
Big Beef About Sinclair's Anti-Kerry Plans
Paper towel paramour: web's latest click-fest slips us the soft message via syrupy shorts
News
October 5, 2004
Say What?
Paper towel paramour: web's latest click-fest slips us the soft message via syrupy shorts
Film
July 6, 2004
Moods for Moderns
Video art to video games: Channeling game-boy thrills, secret shames, and wartime woes
News
December 26, 2000
Is Jesse for Sale?
Jackson-Watchers Claim Wall Street Contributors Arranged His Phone Call to Bush
News
October 31, 2000
Fast-Food Politics
Jesse Jackson–Al Sharpton Beef Over Burger King Boycott
Music
May 11, 1999
Sugar High
Have It Your Way
News
March 9, 1999
Monitor Madness!
Flashing, Pulsing Screens Invade New York
Film
December 8, 1998
Rat Race
Flashing, Pulsing Screens Invade New York
News
June 30, 1998
The Last Days of Gay Disco
The current disco revival conceals its homo soul
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