Food in the News
Two New Reality TV Food Shows Want You
From the official press release: LOS ANGELES, CA (March 31th, 2010) –Doron Ofir Casting who has brought you the casts of: Jersey Shore, Design Star, Millionaire Matchmaker is launching a national search to find hosts for two upcoming food series. “We are scouring the country to find the best dynamic duo and one spectacular single [...]
Sam Adams Releases a $150 a Bottle, 27% Alcohol Beer
The super-ultra-mega premium beer, called Utopias, is aged by Sam Adams for 15 years in wooden barrels (the same way Scotch or sherry is aged). It hits an alcohol content of 27% after all that time lounging around getting drunk on itself, and because of that it’s outlawed in 13 states (those states have caps [...]
Mickey-D’s Goes Premium
McDonald’s Corp. is preparing to launch its first new hamburger in eight years, a one-third-pound patty set to debut late this summer. The fast-food giant will begin rolling out the long-awaited Angus burger nationally by August, franchisees tell Crain’s. A company memo indicates McDonald’s also plans to feature the new sandwich in its Monopoly promotion [...]
Private Label Food Use Growing
Some 24% of all food and beverages served in American homes last year were store brands, up from 18% in 1999, according to The NPD Group. The findings of a new NPD report, Private Label Perceptions, Usage Patterns, & Intentions, also state that 97% of all households consume private label foods on a regular basis. [...]
Peeps-Flavored Popcorn?!
Just in time for Easter, everyone’s favorite avian marshmallow is coming out as a popcorn flavor! Houston Harvest, an Illinois popcorn company, is launching Peeps-flavored popcorn in assorted sizes and colors for Easter. The company also launched Hot Tamales (cinammon) flavored popcorn back in February. But the cult of Peeps goes even further – Lenox [...]
Paula Deen’s Boys Don’t Use Butter?
In an development that actually made me giggle out loud, Paula Deen’s two chef sons are partnering with I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter to promote their new baking sticks. I mean really – Paula Deen is the queen of butter. ICBINB is the company with the TV ads making fun of Mrs. Butterton, who is [...]
Pizza Vending Machine has Italian Chefs in a Huff
In a thoroughly modern twist, Italy, the land that prides itself on its pizza, is now the home of a new vending machine that bakes fresh pizzas in minutes. The large red machine called “Let’s Pizza” actually kneads flour and water into dough, spreads it with tomato sauce and a choice of topping, and cooks [...]
Grow Your Own Campbell’s Tomato Soup Tomatoes
Did you know that Campbell’s Tomato Soup is eaten by more than 25 million people at least once a week? That’s alotta soup. And it’s made from an apparently delicious variety of Jersey tomatoes. As part of a new Help Grow Your Soup campaign, Campbells is giving away packets of seeds of this tomato variety, [...]
Yum! Girl Scout Cookies Made Into Gourmet Desserts
While many of us love those cookies just the way they are, one executive chef and a team of students are creating gourmet desserts using the tasty treats. Some of the gourmet desserts James Woodfork, the chef at The Clubhouse, created are: lemon bars, chocolate éclairs, and almond fudge with thin mint crust. To try [...]
Obama Issues Tougher Food Safety Measures
President Barack Obama issued on Saturday new measures to strengthen food safety control as he named new officials to head the Food and Drug AdministrationFDA. In his weekly radio speech, the president announced the appointments of Margaret Hamburg as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and Joshua Sharfstein as the principal deputy commissioner, as [...]
