Michael Ruhlman is guest-blogging up a storm over at Megnut. Ruhlman is the author Soul of a Chef and (with Thomas Keller) of The French Laundry Cookbook, among many others.
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Jay-Z is banning Cristal champagne in his clubs after some “racist” comments by the champagne house’s managing director in The Economist. I think Jay-Z is confusing race with culture here; I can’t imagine two cultures that are more different from each other than American hip hop and French champagne production. Despite his hesitancy about discussing a culture unfamiliar to him, I thought the director essentially said that they aren’t worried about the bling lifestyle association because it’s ultimately good for business. (via bb)
Wendy’s announced they are removing the “Biggie” designation from their fries and drinks because the term confused customers. The former “Biggie” size will now be “medium”, “medium” will be “small”, and a new “bigger than Biggie” size will be called “large”. Clear?
The Coca-Cola index
Big Mac index, meet the Coca-Cola index. The more wealthy, democratic, and the higher the quality of life, the more likely a country’s inhabitants are to drink Coke. See also Starbucks as economic indicator.
Taste of the New York Subway System is a directory of NYC restaurants organized by subway stop. Wow.
Article about what five New Yorkers had to eat for a week. The teen’s diet is the worst; on Tue, she has two sticks of gum, a Twix, a KitKat, 4 portions of french fries, a bag of Corn Curls, and some water. The only healthy thing she eats all week is a couple of bananas.
Short list of hot dog places in NYC. What, no Crif Dogs? That’s unpossible.
Megnut redesigns and refocuses full-time on food. I helped with the design and I can’t wait to see how the site evolves over the next few months as Meg finds her stride.
Cork’d is a community for wine lovers that lets you catalog what’s in your wine collection, what your friends are drinking, and discover what you should be drinking. (It’s a little like Flickr or del.icio.us for wine.)
Dammit, today is Skip Lunch, Fight Hunger day and I unknowingly made lunch plans several days ago. I’m skipping lunch tomorrow instead. I’ve had problems with this in the past as well.
Google Maps + Fast Food shows all the the McDonald’s, Burger Kings, Wendy’s, and Jack in the Boxes in the US on a scrollable, zoomable map. Here’s lower Manhattan + parts of Brooklyn and New Jersey. (Alternate plurals of Jack in the Box: Jacks in the Box or Jack in the Boxen?)
With Wal-Mart selling more organic and Whole Foods expanding like crazy, organic foods are moving from the counterculture to “bean-counter culture”.
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