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May 10, 2013
I Swear, I WILL Become Kid Rock's Personal Bartender
There are those rare moments -- once in a hundred lifetimes, perhaps -- when one man's destiny is laid bare before him, as if God's secret designs had been suddenly revealed. One wouldn't expect to find such an epiphany in the press release discard pile, but yesterday I stumbled upon my life's true ... More >>
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April 4, 2013
The Month in Press Release Idiocy
You can keep your fancy-pants Pitchfork criticism. For my money -- and believe me, I have none of it -- the finest music prose isn't some college boy's flower-power review of the new long player by England's hottest beat group. It's not some hepcat rap blogger carving up Weezy's toots with a silver ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
The NRA (That's National Restaurant Association) Spends $843K On Lobbying; Anna Wintour Still Pissed About Miss Lily's
Doug Zell, the founder of Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, has teamed up with his old frat buddy, the philanthropist and former real estate developer Robert Buono. Now the two will share the title of Co-C.E.O. in an effort to expand the business. [Diner's Journal] No New York chefs will compet ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Pakistani Mangoes Are Back; Sugary Cereals Lead to Nagging
The ban on Pakistani mangoes, which was lifted a year ago, is finally truly over for New Yorkers as the first commercial shipment of the prized Chaunsas has arrived. [Wall Street Journal] Like olive oil, there is also a ton of fraudulently labeled San Marzano tomatoes on supermarket shelves ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
New York Drinkers Mourn Two Booze Pioneers; Arkansas Now Distilling, Too
Eric Asimov remembers Ray Deter of d.b.a., who died Sunday following a bike accident on June 27, calling Deter's bar "groundbreaking." [Diner's Journal] Debra Whiting of Red Newt Cellars and Bistro on Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes, a food and wine pioneer in the region, died in a car crash ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Fast-Food Chains Serve Booze; No Link Found Between Ham and Cancer
A larger-than-expected corn crop this season has set off a sharp decline in prices, which could deter food inflation. Corn rose to a high of $7.99 per bushel in June. [NY Times] Fast-food chains are getting their booze on. In addition to Burger King's Whopper Bars, two Sonic restaurants in S ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Martha Stewart Gets a Cocktail App; San Francisco Gets an Absolut
Beer-happy picnickers were not too happy at this Sunday's first annual Brewers' Pic Nyc at Governors Island about having to wait for a whole extra hour before they could start drinking. Organizers were apparently confused about New York's blue laws, which were changed in 2006, making it legal ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
World Wastes More Than 1 Billion Tons of Food Per Year; The New Jersey Zagat Guide Is Out
In a candid interview, Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre Foods, admits that he once tried to drink himself to death, lived in a crack house, and stole purses to support a $100-a-day drug habit. [NY Post] A Texas school is testing a $2 million project that will use a high-tech camera to analyze ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Craft Brewers Collaborate on New Beers; U.S. Now Largest Wine-Consuming Nation
All 400 cases of Australia's most expensive wine, a recently released Shiraz called Laird priced at $700 to $800 a bottle, have been sold. [Wall Street Journal] A number of good cocktailing options have cropped up around Times Square, including the newly revamped Rum House. [NY Times] The u ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Orlando Is Fast-Food Heaven; Oscar-Inspired Cocktails
Orlando has more McDonald's, Burger Kings, KFCs, and other fast-food restaurants per 100,000 residents than any other city in the country. [LA Times] Homes for the Homeless has launched the new Milk From the Heart initiative that will distribute free fresh milk to needy families. [PR Newswir ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Michael Lucas: The Zionist Porn Impresario Waves His Political Muscle in the Left's Face
At the beginning of the week, porn impresario Michael Lucas was somewhat known as a controversial gay conservative writer, someone you could expect to see playfully debating Ann Coulter at a GOProud event. But he was far more famous for his day job as a top porn star. He seemed more likely to go ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
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 >>
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November 5, 2010
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 >>
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September 21, 2010
Low Alcohol is Latest Trend in Cocktails; There is Now a Smoked Salmon Vodka
The Chinese have discovered Lafite and Margaux, sending wine prices for premium Bordeaux through the roof. [Wall Street Journal] The latest trend in cocktails is low-alcohol drinks, so you can drink more for longer without getting wasted. [SF Chronicle] Belvedere Vodka has launched a search ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Whole Foods Cops Out on Fork in the Road's Challenge to Stop Selling Severely Endangered Seafood Immediately
The confusing Whole Foods "dot" identification system for seafood. In a press release that just hit our email box at Fork in the Road, Whole Foods announces the chain-wide implementation of their color coding system for identifying fish according to sustainability, as certified by the Blue O ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
The NFL Bans Players from Selling Wine; Rheingold Comes Back from the Dead
The garagiste movement, popular in the 1990s, seems to be resurfacing and changing, with a number of micro wine producers returning to a terroir-driven philosophy. [Wall Street Journal] Some diners are uneasy with the practice of the sommelier tasting the wine first. Daniel Boulud's wine dir ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Hooters Girls Have the Answer to Plugging the BP Oil Spill: Put a Stocking in it.
Hooters to the rescue.In the wake of the biggest oil spill -- and, potentially, environmental disaster -- in history, leave it to the girls from Hooters to save the day. The chain's buxom waitresses are donating their pantyhose to create booms (floating barriers to contain the spill) that wou ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Gary Vee Flying High with Virgin America; White Dog Has Its Day
Gary Vaynerchuk designed Virgin America's new in-flight wine program, and his Wine Library TV show is slated to be aired during flights. In addition, an in-flight wine tasting with the online wine personality is planned for the summer in First Class. [PR Newswire] White dog, or unaged whiske ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
The Fuss Over Foie Gras: Thomas Keller Accused of Animal Cruelty
daveness_98/flickrDe-liver me.The question of whether or not foie gras is torture earned our own Sarah DiGregorio a James Beard Award nomination. But her writing chops would probably be lost on the folks from the Animal Protection & Rescue League. The organization and several other animal rig ... More >>
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February 16, 2010
Haiti's Rum Industry to Rebuild; Not All Nut Liqueurs Should Be Ignored
Several states with tight control on liquor sales, such as Virginia, Vermont, and Mississippi, are considering a change in legislation that would privatize the distribution of alcohol, either by auctioning licenses to private companies or selling distribution centers. [Wall Street Journal] ... More >>
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December 29, 2009
The Future Is Bleak for Foodies; Forget Jared. Meet Christine, Taco Bell's Diet Poster Girl
The latest food recall comes from National Steak and Poultry in Oklahoma, which is recalling some 248,000 pounds of beef that might be contaminated with a strain of E. coli. The meat could be linked to illnesses in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota, and Washington. [ABC News] Wh ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Booze News: A Beer Chewed First; What Is Natural Wine, Anyway?
On the heels of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times launching wine clubs, USA Today has launched its own wine club. Subscribers will receive six bottles of wine each quarter for $69.99 plus $11.99 shipping. [PR Newswire via Reuters] Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales attempted to mak ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Under the Toque: David Burke Nearly Done Revamping Townhouse; StarChefs Announces Rising Stars
Shlomo Kashy, the former sous-chef at Cafe Gray and executive sous-chef at Grayz and, later, Atria, has taken over from Blake Joyal as the executive chef at Cafe at Country. [Diner's Journal/NYT] David Burke is about 80 percent done renovating Townhouse, which he says will be "more comfortab ... More >>
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July 28, 2009
Booze News: Harry Potter's Drinking Problem; Does Red Wine Make You Horny?
The Times asks, "Does Hogwarts have a drinking problem?" The latest Harry Potter movie shows the young wizards coming of age, which includes drinking various potions and going to the pub. [NY Times] An estimated 20,000 protesters marched through Ayrshire and Kilmarnock, where Johnnie Walker ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
Taco Bell Enters the Food Truck Fray; Red Mango Adds Bugs to Its Teas & Yogurt
The food truck craze continues, with new trucks popping up regularly in New York and other cities, many serving increasingly gourmet food. But could the end of the trend be near now that Taco Bell has released its own truck? [NY Times] A vegan advocacy group is pushing for a New Jersey court to ord ... More >>
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July 7, 2009
Booze News--Aussie Wine Now Cheaper Than Water; More on the Beer Cocktail Trend
The Bermudan Dark 'n' Stormy cocktail is two ounces of Gosling's Black Seal rum layered with ginger beer, and that's official. E. Malcolm Gosling Jr., whose family has owned Gosling's since 1806, says two trademark certificates on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office define the ex ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
Open--Say Hello to Pho 32, Super Hot Dog & Green Canteen
Sean MacPhearson and Eric Goode, of the Bowery and Maritime Hotels, have opened Jane Hotel and Ballroom, a "faux-dilapidated, two-story ballroom [with] a low-ceilinged, English-style pub up front for all-hours drinking, plus an upstairs parlor and veranda (open in the evenings) populated with plush ... More >>
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May 8, 2009
Obama's Condiment Choice Criticized; Roquefort To Remain Legal and Untaxed
August Martin High School in Jamaica now has a student-run restaurant on campus. The Cook's Cafe has students cooking for and serving faculty and staff, as well as planning the menu and balancing the budget. [NY Daily News] The European Commission and the US have reached an agreement that lifts th ... More >>
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April 6, 2009
This Is Why You're Fat--Study Says Allergies Can Hinder Weight Loss
A study in Japan has found that eating 2.5 ounces of baby broccoli per day for two months may help stave off a stomach bug that is linked to several more serious problems, including gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer. [Reuters] Downing a banana smoothie before bed could help sufferers of sl ... More >>

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