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Would you like some bloody gums and broken teeth with your mac and cheese? Kraft Foods has issued a recall of about 242,000 cases of the Original flavor of their Macaroni & Cheese Dinner because they may contain “small pieces of metal.” The company told Fortune in a statement that “a piece of stainless steel…
March 4, Staff Report Bill Murray is a big fan of the well-known Greek restaurant Taverna Kyclades, located at 33-07 Ditmars Blvd. He stopped by with Sofia Coppola for lunch the other day–and then came back later with George Clooney. Bill Murray and George Clooney pay Astoria a visit | Astoria Post.
By now, you’ve probably seen (or even shared) the popular set of photos showing delicious, healthful school lunches from around the world, juxtaposed with a photo of the American equivalent, which of course looks like complete dogshit by comparison. Stop sharing it. The images aren’t meant to show actual school lunches, and many versions replaced…
There are a bunch of restaurants in the world, including some in New York City. But in a city of over 24,000 restaurants, how do you find the best? You begin your search in places that are already popular: New York’s hottest tourist destinations. In the new feature The Best Restaurant in New York Is,…
The burger’s demise won’t be marked by a declaration in a quarterly report, but by a collective appreciation for the comfort it offered America. Francis Vallance/Flickr/McDonald’s/The Atlantic If you like to lunch on two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun, you’d better act fast: McDonald’s has announced plans…
‘The ‘beer-as-backdrop’ phenomenon is why it’s important for tap beers to be sessionable and relatively inexpensive.’ Photograph: AAP Is the craft beer “revolution” over yet? For the past four or five years I’ve been plaintively asking this question in the same tone as a toddler in the back seat. Now it seems that every time…
Coffee is one of life’s rarest pleasures: a delicious drug that’s also good for you. When scientists study the long-term health effects of coffee drinking, they find that, on the whole, the apparent benefits (such as a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes) outweigh the costs (like a heightened risk of certain…
They’re even artificially scented to smell like fresh-cut grass or wildflowers. Surely one of many who cannot wait to eat their cups. Photo: Courtesy of KFC For its latest food-that-probably-shouldn’t-actually-exist, KFC has gone beyond Double Downs and instead created edible coffee cups. (The gimmick is timed to the launch of Seattle’s Best at all of…
This is no ordinary supermarket, at least according to its fans. | ASSOCIATED PRESS Entry Text People love Wegmans.The Rochester, New York-based grocer has unseated Amazon as the firm with the best corporate reputation among a list of 100 highly visible companies, according to an annual Nielsen poll released this week. “To be recognized in…
If you have been a regular reader of mine, you are probably familiar with several things about me: First, you know I have been a steadfast bull during the entire rise in the stock market. It isn’t that I am such a genius or especially lucky. I just would rather not guess when the bull…