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Workers Strike Across the City in Biggest Fast-Food Strike in History

It was still dark when the fast-food workers began gathering outside the McDonald's just north of Times Square yesterday morning. Carrying signs that read "Strike for higher pay for a stronger New York," they lined up outside the restaurant, where workers from the night shift were still on the job. ... More >>

Nathan's Famous, Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitano Still Shuttered After Storm

Nathan's Famous has been dark for nearly two weeks -- perhaps for the first time in its 96-year history. Today I took a bicycle tour of Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and Sheepshead Bay. Those areas of Brooklyn along the Atlantic Coast are more devastated than has been reported. One stumbles on par ... More >>

10 Best Hamburger Costumes for Halloween

Good parenting or bad? Depends on how how much you like hamburgers. Too early to start thinking about your Halloween costume? Hardly. Remember there are only two more weekends until the sainted holiday, and some of these costume ideas will take some sawing or sewing. What case can we make for at ... More >>

Amanda Palmer Loved Kate Bornstein's Memoir So Much, She Crashed the Book Party

Tuesday night, we were invited to play a small part in Kate Bornstein's book party at the experimental theater Dixon Place, to celebrate the release of her memoir, A Queer and Pleasant Danger. Earlier that day, our cover story about Kate had popped up on the website, and the print version of this ... More >>

McNuggets Vs. McBites: A McDonald's Civil War

McNugs on the left, McBites on the right Did it seem strange to you that McDonald's, with McNuggets looking over its shoulder, decided to sire another chicken offspring? Maybe it was hoping for a baby like the full-piece fried chicken sold at Roy Rogers or KFC. But no, the baby turned out strange, ... More >>

McDonald's Starts Looking Out For Pregnant Pigs

On Monday, the McDonald's Corporation announced that it would start to work with its suppliers to phase out the use of gestation stalls for pregnant pigs. Dan Gorsky, the company's senior vice president of North American Supply Chain Management, said in a press release that "gestation stalls are not ... More >>

Rayon McIntosh Plans to Take "Civil Action" Against McDonald's After Metal Rod Beatdown

​As we reported earlier, McDonald's employee Rayon McIntosh was cleared of all charges stemming from the infamous beating of two customers who charged at him behind the counter at the fast food chain's West Village location in October. A grand jury ruled that McIntosh was provoked by the two w ... More >>

Greenwich Village McDonald's Employee Beats Two Unruly Customers With a Metal Rod

​Yesterday morning in the early hours a McDonald's employee assaulted a pair of female customers with a metal rod. One was taken to the hospital with a fractured skull and broken arm, while the other sustained only minor cuts and bruises. Another patron of the world's largest fast-food chain m ... More >>

Portland's Andy Ricker Coming to NYC; Jonnatan Leiva 'Out' at 10 Downing

​Gualtiero Marchesi, the first chef in Italy to win three Michelin stars, teamed up with McDonald's to create two burgers and a dessert. [Daily Meal] Eddie Huang announced on his blog that Andy Ricker, of Pok Pok in Portland, is going to open a "wing shack" in the old BaoHaus space. [Zagat Bu ... More >>

New York City Loses Yet Another Food Plant; Scientists Create 'Super Wheat'

​Maramount Corp., a Sunset Park food production plant responsible for school lunches and homeless shelter meals around the city, is moving to Pennsylvania, leaving more than 140 workers unemployed. [NY Daily News] McDonald's and Wendy's are among fast-food chains that have added new summer sa ... More >>

Thomas Keller to Be Recognized by French Legion of Honor; Subway Now Bigger Than McDonald's Worldwide

​Thomas Keller will be named Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, joining the ranks of Julia Child and Alice Waters as the only Americans in the food world to get the honor. [Diner's Journal] More good news about the Mediterranean diet: a new Greek study found new evidence that it helps i ... More >>

Bittman Dissects McDonald's Oatmeal; Minnesota Introduces 'Cheeseburger Bill'

​Mark Bittman exposes what really lives in McDonald's oatmeal: "A more accurate description than '100% natural whole-grain oats,' 'plump raisins,' 'sweet cranberries' and 'crisp fresh apples' would be 'oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients you would never keep in y ... More >>

Girl Scout Cookies Going Extinct; Little Italy Is Back

​Padma Lakshmi's custody battle with baby-daddy Adam Dell is heating up as Dell reveals the Top Chef mom had hoped billionaire Teddy Forstmann was Krishna's biological father. [NY Post] Gabriel Stulman of Joseph Leonard, Jeffrey's Grocery, and now Fedora has created not only a series of popul ... More >>

Why We Don't Mind Shelling Out for Fancy Foods; Vegas More Expensive Than New York for Diners

​Economist and Brooklynite Eduardo Porter explains why New Yorkers are willing to pay for certain things -- like fancy coffee and hundred-dollar meals -- but not others in his new book: The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do. [NY Post] Josh Ozersky manages to go ... More >>

New Study Shows That Food & Wine Really Don't Mix; Ex-Google Chefs Start Catering Biz

​Steve Cuozzo offers advice on how to survive dining out during the holidays: for one, do not drive into Manhattan. Hear that, Jersey? [NY Post] The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer group, is suing McDonald's for using toys to market Happy Meals to young children. [CNN] ... More >>

Food Network Launches an App; New Bacon Soda Is Gross

​Domino's Pizza in Japan has announced it will hire someone for a mysterious one-hour job in December that will pay 2.5 million yen ($31,000). [AP] Meanwhile, Domino's in Europe is opening its first store in Germany, in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, this Saturday. [PR Newswire] Food ... More >>

People No Longer Grossed Out By British Food; McDonald's to Pay Out $17,500 to Fattened Employee

​Peter Meehan on why he's really into Chinatown these days: Sichuan hot pot in a bag, tofu, and barbecued parts. [T Magazine] Royal Caribbean cruise line's newest ship, the 5,400-passenger Allure of the Seas, will house the first Starbucks outlet at sea. [USA Today] A recent survey reveals t ... More >>

Bartender Stabbed Outside the Branded Saloon; South Korea Suffers Kimchi Shortage

​A Brooklyn bartender was stabbed outside the Branded Saloon on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights after his dog became entangled with that of an ex-con. [NY Daily News] Sam Sifton remembers Shorty Tang, the inventor of sesame noodles as we know it, after seeing Tang's biography posted on ... More >>

Rat: It's What's for Dinner, Apparently

​Yesterday, we brought you a marinated cat, and today, ever the culinarians, we have a disgusting new addition to our "animals that should not be eaten" repertoire -- rats, "the other white meat," or something.

McDonald's May Get Slapped With a Happy Meals Lawsuit

​Having taken on everything from nutrition labeling to restaurant calorie postings, the Center for Science in the Public Interest is now stepping into the ring to do battle with perhaps its most fearsome opponent to date: children who harass their parents to buy them Happy Meals.

McDonald's Will Keep Using Eggs From Miserable Caged Chickens

Not lovin' it.​Ignoring an abundance of evidence that caged chickens lead miserable lives of pointless suffering, McDonald's board of director has recommended that the company's shareholders vote against a measure requiring the chain to get 5 percent of its eggs from cage-free birds because th ... More >>

French Macarons Go Mainstream; Two Burger Lovers Go Head-to-Head

​New York City's coffee wars are heating up. Despite the continued ubiquity of Starbucks, smaller chains like Gimme!, La Colombe, Stumptown, and the forthcoming Blue Bottle are cropping up everywhere. [NY Daily News] Are macarons poised to be the next dessert craze? The airy French pastries h ... More >>

Super Bowl XLIV Ads Mediocre; Michelle Obama Fights Child Obesity

​Wal-Mart is testing the idea of switching to private-label spices by replacing McCormick products with its own generic brand in some stores. The chain is currently responsible for 11 percent of McCormick's sales. [Wall Street Journal] Weight loss success stories marketed by such fast-food ch ... More >>

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos Doesn't Want His Music Used to Sell Big Macs

Alex Kapranos doesn't want no stinking Happy Meal.​ Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos isn't a fan of McDonald's, and now, thanks to Twitter, everyone knows it: the Scottish rocker, who also used to write a food column for the Guardian, recently unleashed a refreshing torrent of vitriol after lea ... More >>

Somebody Got Murdered: Brooklyn Man Killed in His Apartment; Cops Looking for Ties to Murder of NBA star's Ex-Girlfriend

View Larger Map DATE: Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, 8:15 p.m. LOCATION: 20 Monroe St., Brooklyn A 35-year old Brooklyn man was shot and killed inside his apartment at the above address Monday evening. The police say Montel McDonald had been shot in the chest. He was declared dead at the scene. The Daily ... More >>

Mickey D's Moves Faster; Kellogg Retracts Claim That Rice Krispies Protects Against Swine Flu

​New research reveals that tomatoes can help you lose weight, as they act as a natural appetite suppressant. [NY Daily News] Kellogg has decided to remove the banner on the front of Rice Krispies boxes that says the cereal "helps support your child's immunity," but failed to cite the San Fran ... More >>

Things I Liked That No One Else Did

​Pierce Brosnan's singing in Mamma Mia! Sofia Coppola's performance in The Godfather III Jar Jar Binks Dancer in the Dark McDonald's chicken fajitas Showgirls Woolworth's Viva Laughlin Bookstores So shoot me!

Times: New Storefront Art Shows Like Old Kind, Except Fancy, Curated

​Last week we mentioned that some city-owned rental space, even in buildings one imagined would be very rentable (the Staten Island Ferry terminal, for example) were being offered free to artists to use as exhibition spaces. Today the Times tells us the city's not the only landlord to give ov ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on McLouvre: 'Hey, France, Fast Food Is Our Culture!"

In his "Tip of the Hat / Wag of the Finger" segment, Stephen Colbert envisioned what the Louvre's new McDonald's might be like: A Grimace de Milo. A McLisa smile. And a pack of Gitanes in your "Ennui Meal." [via Eat Me Daily]

Cadbury Holds Out for Better Offer; Beware the 'Halal Mafia'

​Anthony Bourdain took his culinary adventure show No Reservations on a tour of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx on Monday night's episode with his friend Fat Dave, lead singer of the New York Dolls David Johansen, Chris Cheung of Monkey Bar, and Momofuko's David Chang. [NY Daily ... More >>

Denny's Gets Sued Over Salt; Hawaii to Kick Wienermobile to the Curb

 A man from New Jersey is suing Denny's for failing to warn him that his favorite item, the Moons Over My Hammy egg sandwich, was "loaded up with the salt." [NY Daily News] Brooklyn councilman Bill de Blasio has proposed that New York follow in Chicago's footsteps and pass a green food resolut ... More >>

Food Cart Turf Wars & Fancy Food Favorites

Artisanal honey, blood orange, and caviar were among the hot products at the Fancy Foods Show this year. Smaller packaging was another trend, sparked by this, our poor economy. [NY Times] Has calling 911 because you got your food order wrong become a trend? The woman TMZ branded McNut called 911 wh ... More >>

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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 >>

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 >>

Down With Calorie Counting Menus

It's been about a year since New York fast food chain places have been forced to show calorie counts for all their foods, and I'm still pissed to the titties about it. What kind of moron is this kind of thing designed for? Is there really someone who doesn't know that a cheeseburger deluxe has a who ... More >>

The Tao--and Dow--of Tao

When Eater reported on the New York restaurants that were among the highest grossing in the nation, I was astonished. I guess I expected Tavern on the Green to be there, but I never expected the list to be such a celebration of mediocrity. Number 5 on the list--grossing 24.4 million--was Tao, a midt ... More >>

Kinda Fast Food Places Rule "Healthiest Fast Food Chains" List

What we would call real fast food places.(photo by Flickr/AdamL212, some rights reserved)Health magazine has released its list of the ten healthiest fast food chains in the country, but it's hard to come by the supposed healthiest option in the city, much to Mayor Bloomberg's dismay, we're guessing. ... More >>

Has Food Replaced Sex?

In a Policy Review essay entitled "Is Food the New Sex?", Mary Eberstadt says that food has become what sex was a generation ago. As our attitudes about sex have become more relaxed and casual, we've focused our moral judgments on eating.[Washington Post]Shocker! A new poll finds that New Yorkers li ... More >>

Calories! Just in Time for the Weekend

Jerry Seinfeld Shills for McDonald's

Fat Chance

Do your friends make you chubby? Or is it that McFlurry in your hand?

Shane Coffey's Last Meal

. . . requires a time machine

Unsafe At Any Size

My big fat American heart attack: Eating 90 straight meals at McDonald's to prove a point

NY Mirror

Market Share

Statements and Strategies: Young Artists Negotiate Their Entry Into the Gallery Scene

More Is More

Feeding Frenzy

From Celebrity Chefs to Gourmet Guerrillas, Americans Confront the Hazards of the Food World

Hold the Damn Mayo