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    April 8, 2011

    Guy Fieri Gets a New Yellow Convertible; Jersey Shore Cast Members Banned from The Box

    ​Guy Fieri has replaced the canary-yellow Lamborghini that was stolen last month with what calls a "bitchin' Camaro," in bright yellow. [SF Chronicle] A new iPhone app allows you to snap a picture of a dish, then converts it into a corresponding calorie count. Magic? [CNET] The new People's ... More >>

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    March 16, 2011

    Yet Another Defense of Modernist Cooking; Macarons Are All the Rage

    ​A New Mexico woman is suing Chili's after she says she pulled a needle about two inches long from her mouth while eating mashed potatoes. [Seattle PI] A group of "feeders," people who indulge in the sexual fetish of bingeing on fattening food with a partner, weighed in on James Carter's play ... More >>

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    January 3, 2011

    Snooki's Novel Is Out Tomorrow. It Is Everything We Ever Dreamed of.

    ​Just days after her New Year's Eve ball drop in Seaside Heights and the launch of her very own limited edition $49 pendant, Snooki is in the news again, this time with the release of her highly anticipated debut novel, A Shore Thing, out tomorrow! The New York Post has a preview of some of th ... More >>

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    December 22, 2010

    Al Qaeda Considered Poisoning Us; Foursquare Now Competing with Foodspotting

    ​Al Qaeda has contemplated using food poisoning as a way to attack the U.S. Apparently, it discussed slipping cyanide into salad bars and buffets at hotels and restaurants. [CNN] The food porn iPhone app Foodspotting has hit 500,000 downloads, just as Foursquare launches a similar feature to ... More >>

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    December 15, 2010

    Williamsburg to Get Even More "Normal People" Things, Like...a Movie Theater!

    via NY Post​Williamsburg is getting a multi-screen, multi-level, mainstream movie theater of its own, planned for a currently vacant lot at Driggs and Grand. According to the New York Post, developer Blue Zees Real Estate will spend $9.3 million on the 850-seat multiplex in a neighborhood that ... More >>

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    November 29, 2010

    The Daily Kill Dossier: A Hit List of News Corp's Freshest Poaches

    ​As it's been noted, News Corp's daily newspaper built just for the iPad -- The Daily -- is on the way. It is Rupert Murdoch's newest child, the Draco Malfoy to his Voldemort. As such, they're hiring or trying to hire every editorial staffer this side of the Bangkok Bugle Tribune, which I just inv ... More >>

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    November 16, 2010

    Diesel Models Corrupt New York Transit Museum With "Scandalous" Panty Shoot

    Part of Diesel's "Be Stupid" campaign? Via NYP.​Semi-nude Diesel models have been offending people all over town with their unmitigated, partially clad sexiness! (Not offended: the New York Post, which has covered this story for at least 3 days.) First it was at Brooklyn Law School, where a ph ... More >>

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    November 12, 2010

    Morning Links: Heroin Bust in Hell's Kitchen; Less-Popular Obama Won't Cave on Tax Cuts; Adventures in Bikram with Lady Gaga

    ​• Happy Friday! The heroin den formerly located at 417 W. 43rd St., inside, as the New York Post puts it, a "Next to Normal-seeming ground-floor duplex," (wink, wink! groan, groan) has been busted and a stash worth $6.5 million has been seized. Note: when the neighbors move in and put black ... More >>

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    November 10, 2010

    Japanese Chefs Shun Gotham Water; Yet Another Egg Recall

    ​After restaurants with a "C" grade from the Health Department were outed, a number of diners are shocked and now say they will stop frequenting them. [NY Post] Japanese chefs at the Culinary Institute of America's three-day forum on Japanese cuisines refused to use local water and instead co ... More >>

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    November 7, 2010

    Washington Heights Is Full of Shit

    ​Washington Heights, the neighborhood in upper Manhattan, finished shittiest in the city's main borough in a Sanitation Department database of pooper-scooper violations reported today in the New York Post. Smelliest streets include Riverside Drive, Amsterdam Avenue, 179th and 160th. Overall Gl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Where to Eat Along the Marathon Route; Grimaldi's Owner Sues Landlady

    ​In the kitchen with Adam Rapoport, the new editor-in-chief of Bon Appetit, who believes the magazine "can and should build on the massive interest in food in this country." [NY Times] Wondering where to eat as you cheer on this year's marathoners? Mile 2: Bay Ridge's Longbow Pub and Pantry, ... More >>

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    October 31, 2010

    People Are Sleeping in NYC Food Carts

    ​Vendors are sleeping in their New York City food carts, presumably to save spots on good blocks, the New York Post is reporting in Sunday's paper. Or in Post-anese, "They're sleeping with the dishes." (Well played.) The newspaper notes spotting only two carts with sleeping vendors, both on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Why the New York Post's iPad App is Amazing, Awesome, and Completely Necessary (Video)

    ​Remember that time Apple released this thing called the iPad and a bunch of people who worked in media were like ooh I wonder if it's going to save us so pretty wanna touch and everyone else was like it's just a giant fucking iPhone I don't get it and then people went out and bought it? Well, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Wannabe Scream Robber Did Not Account for Possibility of Water

    via New York Post​It's not enough just to be a robber these days. After all, there's that Darth Vader bank robber to look up to, and the geezer bank robbers and bouquet bandits to emulate. You need a shtick. Which a recent wannabe criminal had -- complete with a Scream mask and a (possibly fak ... More >>

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    October 6, 2010

    Sun Chips Lose the Noisy Green Bag; Brooklyn Makes Out in 2011 Zagat Guide

    ​Sun Chip lovers who bemoaned the new biodegradable packaging for being too loud can rejoice. Frito-Lay is pulling most of the green packaging in response to the outcry. Only Sun Chips' original flavor will keep the compostable bags, while other flavors go back to conventional packaging. [Wall ... More >>

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    October 4, 2010

    Someday You Really Will Talk on Your Cell Phone in the Subway...Probably

    ​The MTA didn't forget about that cell service on subways that they've been talking about for so long. Yes, true, even though July brought the "green light" for Transit Wireless to proceed with making the networks happen, lack of funding kind of stagnated things. But it's on...again! AT&T and ... More >>

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    October 3, 2010

    "Twilight" Hand Model Sadly Tells Everyone She's the "Twilight" Hand Model

    ​To hear the New York Post tell it, the life of the woman whose hands are on the cover of the Twilight book consists only of telling people about her faceless micro-fame. She is also a foot model. But when she doesn't have jobs, she spends her time telling people about this one gig she had one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Brooklyn Fire Kills 8-Year-Old Boy; Injures 5 Other Children

    via New York Post​A residential fire last night at 1123 Avenue P in Midwood, Brooklyn, killed the 8-year-old son of a Brooklyn rabbi; NY1 reports the boy's name as Avigdor Krasny. The rabbi's five other children, who range in age from 1 to 10, are in Staten Island North Hospital. The 1-year-ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Mickey D's Tests Burritos; Apartment Kitchen Earns C- From DOH

    ​In his column this week, Steve Cuozzo asks why restaurant transplants always seem to suck when they come to New York. Also, Why can't you pay with plastic or get a decent scrambled egg here? [NY Post] McDonald's is testing a burrito-sized version of the Snack Wrap in select markets. The item ... More >>

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    September 28, 2010

    Skyy Vodka's New Ad Features Woman-on-Bottle Sex; $80 British Navy Rum Now Available in NYC

    ​Skyy vodka is sexing up its image with a new ad that features a woman in red shiny tights and spike heels appearing to have sex with a giant Skyy vodka bottle. [USA Today] White Dog is all the rage these days, but people aren't just drinking it. They're also making it at home, despite the fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    To Truly Go Green, Eat Bugs; Should GM Fish Be Labeled?

    ​Phil Ross, a San Francisco-based chef and artist, hosted an insect-based meal at Brooklyn Kitchen this past weekend, as a means to promote a tasty, sustainable diet of animals you can raise yourself at home. [NY Times] Less than a month after Eataly was unleashed on New Yorkers, a roundup of ... More >>

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    September 22, 2010

    Scamming NYC Cabbies Took Customers for $1.1 Million

    ​Remember those cabbies who were overcharging customers by billing for double-fare "suburban rates" within city limits? The worst of them have been arrested today, and the New York Post tells us how much they ended up making off of New York's downtrodden cab riders. Taking the prize for most o ... More >>

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    September 7, 2010

    Kid Delivers Smackdown to Crazed Coyote

    via New York Post​We all wonder, now and again: When faced with a crisis, how would we act? Would we do the brave, dangerous thing, regardless of our own safety, or would we scream like a little girl and flee? In the case of Eric Mandel, a 14-year-old Westchester boy, the brave thing involved ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    White Castle to Branch Out; Lawyers Targeting Chefs

    ​Laurent Tourondel is being sued by the BLT Restaurant Group for the menu at his new Hamptons burger joint being too similar to the BLT concept. [NY Post] White Castle is looking to launch three new concepts: a barbecue restaurant, a pressed-club-sandwich spot, and an Americanized Asian noodl ... More >>

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    August 30, 2010

    New York Post Kicked Out of Barclays Golf Tournament for Harassing Tiger Woods, Naturally

    ​Who else but the resident outrage-hungry Horny Lesbian Ethnocentric Sexist Catlady of the New York Post, Andrea Peyser, would get kicked out of the Masters for walking up to Tiger Woods and asking him about his penis?

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Adults Want Kids' Birthday Parties; Restaurants Accept Cash Only

    ​An English professor from Manhattan was forcibly ejected from an Upper West Side Starbucks after refusing to order her bagel "without butter or cheese," which she claimed was linguistically stupid. [NY Post] Fruits and vegetables are ripening early this year due to warm weather, likely leadi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2010

    New York Post Shills For MTV's Jersey Shore With Full Snooki Arrest Cover

    ​Yesterday, upon the arrest of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, we got a lesson on Twitter reporting, as TMZ scoured feeds for beachfront witnesses of "America's beloved pint-sized troublemaker." Wait, who called her "beloved," you might be wondering. That's the New York Post in today's cover story, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Sad Things for Lonely People: Anna Chapman's Hot Spy Mugshot

    via New York Post​Have you grown bored with the same old Anna Chapman images (you know, the sexy spy! The first one!) that have been circulating the Internet for untold weary days? Take heart, sad and lonely people, the summer's not over yet. A new Chapman image is now available, proving that ... More >>

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    July 18, 2010

    New York Post Declares Geese "Clear and Present Danger," Supports Wiping Them Out

    ​There's nothing like stoking the fear which sits mostly dormant -- though it's certainly there -- in the bellies of New Yorkers everywhere. Mentioning Giuliani usually gets 'em going, but if you want to cut the crap, mention airplane crashes. Or worse, almost-airplane crashes. That's the stra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Letter Grades May Lead to Frozen Sushi; Fast-Food Chains Embrace Sustainable Fish

    ​A new iPhone app allows park-goers to order food from the green. CityMint has a GPS add-on that allows delivery people to locate customers anywhere in the park, forgoing the need for a fixed address. [NY Daily News] Jacques Torres may have pissed off Hershey's with his Champagne kiss, but Ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Adult Foodies Go to Farm Camp; Growing Dining Trend: 'Linner'

    ​Egon Ronay, the Hungarian food critic who helped shape British culinary culture, has died at the age of 94. He had been ill for a number of weeks, but never fully retired. [Guardian] Parade Publications is planning to introduce a new food newspaper magazine and website called Dash, with the ... More >>

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    May 26, 2010

    Sex and the City 2 Reviews: The 10 Best Slams

    ​If you're the kind of person who sometimes asks themselves why some people hate Sex and the City so much, you are either (A) not living in New York or (B) one of the imported creatures or various changes in New York City that Sex and the City is responsible for. Well, in the new movie, Carrie ... More >>

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    May 13, 2010

    Anita Lo Gets a Feng-Shui Boost at Annisa; Starbucks Launches Low-Cost Coffee Brand

    ​Steve Cuozzo takes aim at bad hotel restaurants, listing The Fives at Peninsula, Arabelle at Plaza-Athenee, and Commodore Grill at Grand Hyatt among the worst offenders. [NY Post] Despite being something of a "non-believer," Anita Lo hired a feng-shui consultant to help her redesign the inte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Michael Wolff's Rupert Murdoch/CityFile/Page Six Conspiracy Theory: Shut Down!

    ​Earlier today, an interview with media critic Michael Wolff went up on The Guardian, in which Wolff essentially told an interviewer that News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has taken steps to exercise a personal vendetta against him after the 2008 release of his book about Murdoch, The Man Who ... More >>

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    May 7, 2010

    IBM to Fight Childhood Obesity; Latest Food Recall: Lettuce

    ​Consumer Reports evaluated 14 different supermarket brands of refrigerated and frozen chicken nuggets, including two made from soy, one of which scored highest, health-wise. The Health is Wealth product was said to taste horribly. [NY Daily News] The latest food to be recalled is lettuce sol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Restaurants Hire Inspection Consultants; Pizza Guy Fights Off Robbers, Delivers Pies

    ​Star tenor Placido Domingo, who four weeks ago had colon cancer surgery, is recovering nicely and readying for the opening of his new restaurant, Zengo, which he's a partner in with Richard Sandoval. [AP] An East Harlem pizza-delivery guy fought off two gun-toting robbers and still managed t ... More >>

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    February 11, 2010

    Jamie Oliver Starts a Food Revolution; Michelle Obama Gets Pepsi & Coke Support

    ​Dozens of seniors in Brighton Beach have been complaining about the poor quality of their daily Meals on Wheels lunches. The problem, they say, started last year when the Jewish Association for Services to the Aged abandoned its own kitchen in favor of catering services. [NY Post] Pepsi and ... More >>

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    February 2, 2010

    Martha Stewart Lunches with Old Prison Pal; Madonna Invests in Coconut Water

    ​McDonald's is celebrating 20 years in Russia with a buy-one-get-one-free deal on hamburgers. The chain only this year started outsourcing all ingredients. When it first entered the Russian market, all 300-odd ingredients had to be made in-house. [NY Times] Food companies could be charged mor ... More >>

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    December 30, 2009

    Teen Stars Break Up Over Eating Habits; Food Trucks Bring the South to Brooklyn

    ​Torrisi Italian Specialties opens today in Little Italy selling Italian foods made in America. Owners Richard Torrisi and Mario Carbone, both chefs, cure their own anchovies and olives, and will start offering prix-fixe dinners in February. [NY Times] Teen stars Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautn ... More >>

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    December 2, 2009

    Totonno's to Reopen in a Fortnight; Food Bars for Dogs

    ​Totonno's Pizzeria in Coney Island is finally expected to reopen after a fire forced it to close earlier this year. It was announced at a Community Board 13 meeting that the oven will be fired up in the next two weeks. [NY Post] A new security law requiring crates of goods to be checked for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Diddy's Birthday Party Cost Three Million Dollars

    ​According to the New York Post, anyway. Commenters there make the eminently reasonable suggestion sponsors likely picked up a huge piece of the tab, which is very possible. Either way, let's all keep in mind this is the same person who detained 160 people in a 106 & Park BET studio for hours ... More >>

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    October 29, 2009

    Competition: This Is Why You're Fat Today; Weight-loss Heavyweights Battle it Out

    ​Weight Watchers is taking its competitor, Curves, to court in response to an ad campaign the company is running on cable that denigrates Weight Watchers and claims that Curves' 30-day diet plan is "clinically proven" to work. [NY Post] Relief workers from the U.N. are sending food vouchers ... More >>

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    October 27, 2009

    The Nation's Newspapers Slammed By Circulation Plunge

    ​Weight Watchers is taking its competitor, Curves, to court in response to an ad campaign the company is running on cable that denigrates Weight Watchers and claims that Curves' 30-day diet plan is "clinically proven" to work. [NY Post] Relief workers from the U.N. are sending food vouchers ... More >>

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    October 5, 2009

    Major Mackerel Will Think Twice About Serenading the Neighbors Next Time

    ​Some former reggae stars are too charming for their own good. Major Mackerel's moment may have gone the way of Sluggy's, but he's still out in East Flatbush, singing the wrong songs in the direction of the wrong women, reports the New York Post:

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    August 20, 2009

    Old Subway Nudity Story Has Promotional Purpose

    ​If you were wondering why the New York Post waited till now to tell us about a naked photo shoot on the L train in June, it may be they learned that the Associated Press had the story too and didn't want to get out-tabloided. We welcome nearly all public nudity stories, of course, but the lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Michael Jackson Autopsy Secrets!

    "Needle marks, scars, pills--and an almost bald head" blares the New York Post's headline today. It's no surprise that Jackson--who spent much of his adult life whittling away at his identity--ended up as a barely recognizable skeleton filled with puncture wounds and mutilation signs. With no weight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Times Saves Globe, Murdoch Mulls Charging for Online Papers

    The New York Times' financial troubles have been widely reported, especially by the fun-loving guys and gals at the New York Post, who avail a "Pinch-o-Meter" to track the degree of woefulness suffered by the paper and its publisher. But the Times had a rare piece of decent news today: they got conc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    Hed of the Day--So Far

    The New York Times' financial troubles have been widely reported, especially by the fun-loving guys and gals at the New York Post, who avail a "Pinch-o-Meter" to track the degree of woefulness suffered by the paper and its publisher. But the Times had a rare piece of decent news today: they got conc ... More >>

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