Elephant Poop Coffee is the New Cat Poop Coffee

Because coffee extracted from the feces of a tree dwelling cat wasn’t strange enough: Elephant dung coffee. This new coffee is being called “Black Ivory Coffee” and the Wall Street Journal is reporting that a four-cup serving will run you $35, making it only slightly more expensive than the triple…

SNL Weighs In On Fieri Fiasco

While SNL didn’t actually air this piece during their regular show, it’s heartwarming to see that Bobby Moynihan did in fact reprise his role as Guy Fieri in a dress rehearsal released on Hulu. A shocked Moynihan-Fieri finally has an opportunity to read the soul-crushing take down of his latest…

10 Food Myths Debunked

We’ve all heard our fair share of food-based fables: watermelon seeds growing inside your stomach, bread crusts turning your hair curly… But how many of these old wives’ tales are actually true? We sought expert advice from the Arizona State University School of Nutrition and Health Promotion. Offering their professional…

Guy Fieri Responds To Savage New York Times Review

It’s likely you’ve already heard about the Grey Lady’s utterly brutal review of Guy Fieri’s latest concept restaurant, Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar, planted deep in the beating heart of Time Square. Pete Wells’ review delivers a burn so hard it could put astronauts into orbit around Mars. Out of…

Killing Halloween Just In Time For Thanksgiving

We know your dirty secret. It’s two weeks since Halloween, you’ve raided your kid’s secret candy stash, you still haven’t found the nice dishes for Thanksgiving and you still have a couple pumpkins sitting on your front porch. Those are probably ornamental so you can’t even cook them up into…

EatWave Vending Machine Promises to Dispense Nuked to Order Food

The EatWave vending machine is designed to bring an end to the tyranny of the office microwave hogs. It’s a familiar scene: You rushed out the door this morning and forgot to pack a lunch. Your only hope is the office vending machine with its collection of questionable but rewarmable…

Perfect Popcorn By the Kernel

Swiss design students have developed what has to be the least efficient method of popping popcorn possible. It’s basically the exact opposite of the Popinator, which we reported on earlier. See Also: –New Gourmet Popcorn Shop in Scottsdale Features Ex-Exec Chef of Queen Creek Olive Mill’s Del Piero Restaurant –Slow…

50 Shades of Chicken Parody Cookbook Has a Sexy Trailer

“What happens in this room will be very intense for you,” intones the narrator as he strips to his waist and begins forcefully but lovingly… trussing up a chicken. This is from the trailer for 50 Shades of Chicken a titillating parody cookbook following in the trail blazed by the…

Sushi Cologne. That’s Right, Sushi Cologne.

Ready for brand new aroma to spice up your life? How about a “pick-me-up” cologne redolent in the smells of sushi? Or more specifically, a cologne that smells like sushi rice and seaweed with a hint of lemon essence. See Also: -Lay Waste to the Forces of Hunger With the…

Pizza Delivery Guy Leaves His Own “Tip”

An Iowa Pizza Hut delivery driver took matters into his own hands by urinating on the doorstep of a woman who stiffed him on the tip. Sadly for him, the apartment complex caught the whole exchange on tape. Iowa’s KCCI reports that the customer recognized that she did not have…

Roasted Bull Testicle Stout. Really.

A Colorado brewery’s hilariously deadpan April Fools joke regarding a “Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout” has become a reality. According to Wynkoop Brewery, their bull testicle beer “annoucenment” video was so popular that people actually showed up April 1st looking for a taste of the beer. See Also: –Testicle Pie and…

Pie Social 2012: The Winners

Good morning! Has your sugar hangover worn off yet??? Thanks to the hundreds of folks who came out Saturday afternoon for the third annual Chow Bella/Roosevelt Row Pie Social. From the bright sunshine to Tobie Milford’s music to spontaneous swing dancing on the grass, it was a lovely day. Oh…

Free Cheeseburger Day at Joe’s Farm Grill This Wednesday

Joe’s Farm Grill is running their annual “Free Cheeseburger Day” this Wednesday, November 7 as a thank you to their customers. Show up, stand in line between 10 AM and 3 PM and get a free cheeseburger, french fries and a drink. See Also: -Date Shake Throw Down: Joe’s Farm…

Kristen Campbell Makes Cheesecake Batter

Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…

Downtown’s Pie Social (A Field Guide for November 3)

There’s going to be a lot to see and do at the Chow Bella/Roosevelt Row Pie Social this Saturday, but stay focused — there are going to be a lot people on the same mission: Drop off the pies (optional), get the tasting tickets, find the best pies, taste, and…

Virginia Senior Makes Poached Eggs Over Swiss Chard

Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…

Cobb Salad in a Crouton Cone: Genius

Nick from DudeFoods.com has taken the humble cobb salad and taken it to the only logical place it could go: A cobb salad served in a crouton waffle cone. Coincidentally, he has also answered the immortal question: Who on Earth buys a waffle cone maker? See Also: -Pink Spot Brings…

Traci Wilbur Makes Pumpkin Cheesecake

Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…

“Dine With Your Dog” Coming to Metro Phoenix Restaurants

Pet food maker My Perfect Pet has recently partnered with several Valley restaurants to start distributing restaurant appropriate dog food through a program called Dine With Your Dog. The promise is that you can eat your meal in peace while your canine comrade chows down on his own meal alongside…

Corianne Sizemore Makes Raspberry Pop Tarts

Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…