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Friday Follies: Avoiding the Leftover Hotdog Blues

I was cruisin’ around Slashfood yesterday and saw this post. Man, there’s some good eats on that grill! The poor slob grill master working those lovelies was in a hot dog cookoff, and he didn’t win. My first thought was, how could you NOT win with bacon? Seemed like a complete miscarriage of justice [...]

How to Make Instant Noodles Taste Like a Feast

First, a quick reminder of what we’re up to here. We want tasty noodles, and we want them quick; we don’t want to make a lot of mess; we don’t want to break the bank. “Taste like a feast” is relative too. You can always splurge, but what if you’re on a tight budget? [...]

Follies Extra: Free Chick-fil-A This Friday!

This very important news, just in to the Chile Underground Bovine Festival Watch Desk: The 5th Annual Cow Appreciation Day will be held on July 10, 2009. Chick-fil-A will give free food to anybody idiot enough who dresses up in a cow costume and shows up at their restaurant during business hours on Friday. [...]

The Perfect Bachelor’s Hot Meal in Seven Minutes or Less

Summer Research kicks off today at Texas Lutheran University, and I’m invited (again) to join the astonishingly fabulous faculty in Chemistry. It’s hard work and harder thinking, but very satisfying! (Good thing too, given the pay rate.) The only small quibble for me, I have the exact same students I had last summer.

I suppose [...]

Confessions of a Kitchenazi

Okay, so I started my New Year’s Resolutions a bit early; why wait? Besides, it was only a test run, to see if I liked it.

And I did.

I started keeping the kitchen scrupulously clean. That turned out to be a bigger challenge than I thought when I started. Years of bad habits are hard to [...]

Friday Food Follies: Truth in Advertising Meets Chile Peppers

Ever wanted a fast-food burger that was so zesty it would blow your socks off? Well, here’s an option you may have overlooked:

Seems them peppers are Really Spicy; I’m out to get me one…

Enjoy the (Extreme Hamburger) Heat!

Friday Follies: Cold, Hot and Chilling

Haloween’s here, so it’s time for a quick survey of food-related stories that will make your blood run cold. At least the first one will…

Bradenton, Florida

A man was arrested attempting to steal shrimp from a supermarket. Joseph Young, age 32, was observed “with bulging pants” by detective Robert Stevenson who was shopping at a Sweebay [...]

Friday Follies: In the Moooo’d for Cows

Dateline: Bengaluru, India

No, it’s not an optical illusion. That really IS a cow strolling down the median of the Ring Road in Bengaluru. An everyday occurrence, actually.

Cows are the only thing on the road that has absolute right-of-way in India. And somehow they know it.

Clara here doesn’t qualify as fast food, although she’s hoofin’ right [...]