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Bro Snicker Burger: Wrong or Just Damn Delicious?
via Jose Martinez Do you ever look at the ingredients in a particular dish and think to yourself, that ain’t right? I have to admit that recently happened to me when I took a gander at the menu at Myke’s Café and saw their Bro Snicker Burger. Yup, we’re talking...
Read moreFan Visits All 26 Pal’s Drive-Thrus in a Day
via BurgerBusiness Talk about the bond between a brand and its buyer and this is what you mean. Joshua Baxter is a native of Kingsport, Tenn., but moved to Seattle six years ago. One of the things he says he misses most is Pal’s Sudden Service, the 57-year-old, locally based...
Read more16 Burgers for St. Patrick’s Day
via BurgerBusiness No one loves a pseudo-holiday more than burger-bar operators. Come Monday the corned beef will pile on and the Guinness will flow. Special St. Patrick’s Day burgers will be menued at many spots. The Buck Burgers & Brew in St. Joseph, Mich., is readying not just Irish Pub...
Read moreHot Dogs Are Britain’s Trendiest Food
via BurgerBusiness Hot dogs are the fastest-growing item on English menus, growing in popularity and sophistication in much the same way that burgers have done in the U.S. over the past decade. Last summer hot dogs cracked the list of the Top 20 foods in Britain across all categories (pub,...
Read moreWhy Jack in the Box Owns Late Night
via BurgerBusiness The “King of Late Night” isn’t Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon Seth Meyers or Arsenio Hall. It’s Jack. Jack in the Box today announced strong sales for its first fiscal quarter, ended Jan. 19, 2014, and credited the branding of its late-night daypart for half...
Read moreMcD’s Readies Chicken Schnitzel in Australia
via BurgerBusiness McDonald’s will relaunch its “M Selections” premium tier to its menu in Australia next month when it unveils new Chicken Schnitzel sandwiches on sourdough, a breakfast burger and brands it all with distinctive black packaging. A second phase to the campaign in late March will see the return...
Read moreHow to Transform Leftover Fast Food into Hot, Melty Waffles [VIDEO]
via Foodbeast A few weeks back, we caught a picture of someone’s ingenious idea of popping leftover pizza into a waffle iron, essentially making a true-to-form pizza waffle. The idea got us thinking that you could apply this trick to a lot of leftovers, from turning soggy burgers into crispy waffle...
Read moreHow to Talk (and Not Talk) Like a Foodie: A Primer
via Thrillist Both foodies and people who just have to eat (aka everybody) can always agree on the fact that they love food. How they talk about it? Well, that’s a very, very different story. In the name of science, we invited a hardcore foodie and a normal dude to...
Read moreOpera Tavern and The Ape & Bird in London: Two Informal, Bustling Restaurants With Good Food
via Edward Schneider Here’s a quick look at a couple of lively and friendly London bar-restaurants within spitting distance of Covent Garden and the West End theater district. Jackie and I visited them for light suppers in the late evening, one after the opera and one after a play, but...
Read moreFast Casual Thrives; Fast Food Flounders
via BurgerBusiness The battle for customers waged between fast-casual and quick-service restaurants proved about as noncompetitive last year as Sunday’s Super Bowl. Fast casual won. Again. Full-year data from The NPD Group survey reveal that customer traffic at fast-casual restaurants (such as Chipotle, Smashburger or Panera Bread) increased 8% in...
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I love food. Unfortunately, I can't cook worth a damn. I've been known to even burn water.
When I watch chefs and good cooks on tv, I'm so envious of their skills. This blog is the closest I get to cooking, other than the microwave ;)
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John, New Englander turned Cali dude