From the category archives:

Research

Award Winning Chili – Competitive Cooking Lessons for Good Eatin’

September 1, 2009
2nd Place, 2006 Central Illinois International Chili Championship!

It’s about time I fessed up.  Back in 2006, my friend Matt and I entered the Urbana Beer and Chili Festival (Urbana, IL – my old stompin’ grounds) in an attempt to unseat the hitherto unbeaten Champaign County Democrats.  Otherwise known as the Central Illinois International Chili Championship, this competition ...

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Who Are These People?

June 23, 2009
If Max could see this now, he would be pissed

Many chain food establishments are named after people, and I often find myself wondering who the hell these people are and are they pissed that their restaurants are serving terribly mass produced food?  Maybe some people don’t have the wandering curiosity that I do, but these kind of things pop ...

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The Heart Attack Hall of Fame

June 9, 2009

Ever go out to eat and wonder how unhealthy that dinner you’re consuming might be?  I sure don’t, but for some reason I was interested to take a look around at popular restaurants and see exactly who is trying to give America high blood pressure.  Maybe it was because of ...

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Breaking News

April 30, 2009

Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I’ve just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you’re doing and listen. I do not have swine flu, and neither do you. So everyone seems to be in a mild panic ...

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Beer Sales – 2008

April 20, 2009

I got curious today so I decided to do some research.  I present to you all the information you ever wanted to know about the beer people drank in 2008: 2008 World Beer Cup Winners, Ratings Top Rated Beers on the Planet – Notice that Bell’s Hop Slam came in ...

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Follow Up: Vince

March 28, 2009

Not exactly food related, but I did a post on Vince, the ShamWow and Slap Chop guy a few weeks ago and felt that I should update you on what he’s up to these days — punching prostitutes. ShamWow pitchman Vince Shlomi (i had his last name wrong, oops) was ...

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Wendy’s Chili

March 25, 2009

I was eating Wendy’s chili for lunch today and was thinking to myself, “You know, this chili is quite delicious.”  It was then that I noticed a giant chunk of beef which resembled the corner of a beef patty.  It was also then that I remembered someone telling me that ...

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