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Ridiculously Demanding Craigslist Ad For Line Cook Goes Viral

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:00:14 +0000

Thanks to reality TV and America’s desire to stuff their faces like these are the last days of the Roman Empire the job title of chef has grown in stature and prestige. But before you become a chef, you have to work your way through the kitchen. Farm Bloomington, a restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana, figured [...]

Find Out What 2,000 Calories Actually Looks Like

Emerald Catron — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:31:51 +0000

Here’s a helpful video, if you were wondering how many carrots you could eat without going over 2,000 calories. If that sounds like something you definitely do not need to know, 2,000 calories is also quantified in Big Macs, pizza, Chipotle burritos and delicious, delicious avocados. Because you probably couldn’t eat 60 carrots if you [...]

The Facts of Diet and Weight Loss

Terry Morgan — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:18:07 +0000

The warmer it gets the more I think about doing something in order to fit into my summer shorts. It also makes me wonder what information that is given about weight loss is true and what information isn't true. I found some facts that may help you from yahoo.com.

1. To lose a pound, you must cut 3,500 calories

FALSE:

Men Are More Likely Than Women to Double-Dip a Chip

Jackie — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:49:13 +0000

Double dipping is defiantly a golden rule. You just don't do it. According to a new survey by Tostitos from PR Newswire, two out of five Americans under age 35 have double-dipped a chip. Nearly half of men have done it . . . while only one in three women admit to it.

Is There A Wrong Way To Eat Trail Mix? [POLL]

Jackie — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:24:27 +0000

My family is extremely mad at me. You would think I had done something terribly wrong like lost the dog. All I am doing to make them mad is apparently, I eat Trail Mix the wrong way. I don't care fr the almonds so I throw them back in the bag. This makes my husband so mad that he will actually stop speaking to me if he see's a pile of almonds on top.

Do You Know How Much You Spend on Snacks?

Jackie — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:12:16 +0000

If you work an 8 hour shift it is not unusual to stop by the gas station for a soda and snack or go out to lunch with com-workers during the day. Have you ever stopped to think about how much money you are spending just in food and snacks during the work week? According [...]

Genius Physicist Invents Machine to Separate Cream From Oreos

Emerald Catron — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:47:57 +0000

Here you were proud of that macrame potted plant caddy you tied together. This video might have you rethinking your hobbies. Clearly what you should be doing in your spare time is inventing complicated machinery to deal with your snack food problems. This physicist invented a machine that uses a hatchet to separate Oreos and a [...]

11 Awesome Examples of Fruit Art

Cameron Simcik — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:30:34 +0000

Anything goes when it comes to art, particularly on the internet. Feel like constructing an ode to Grumpy Cat? Knock yourself out. What about a collection of Disney/Star Wars mashups? That, my friends, is also possible. Well, it also turns out there’s a group of really cool artists who have a particular knack for fruit. And [...]

13 Hilariously Weird Fortune Cookie Fortunes

Cameron Simcik — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:30:06 +0000

Chinese takeout is a classic American staple, and fortune cookies are easily the greatest part of the meal. Why? Surprise fortunes are inside, duh! The thing is, sometimes these pieces of paper don’t carry through on their fortune-esque duties. See, they’re supposed to be all, “you will strike it very, very rich one day” or [...]

Chicken In a Biskit vs Ritz? [POLL]

Jackie — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:17:10 +0000

We are having a great cracker debate in our household. While I always buy Ritz crackers and Chicken In a Biskit crackers someone in our household is always complaining when we run out of one of them. I have given up on trying to supply enough of both crackers. It needs to be determined which [...]

10 Hilarious Cake Messages

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:39:01 +0000

One of the best parts of any sort of celebration is the cake. Just ask these babies –they know what we’re talking about. Cake is particularly awesome when it’s decorated all fancy-shmancy, because it adds an extra oomph to any event. It turns out there are tons of celebratory jokesters out there who enjoy turning [...]

Meatless Mondays [POLL]

Jackie — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:04:44 +0000

I will be the first to admit that I don't always eat the healthiest. I love candy for breakfast and chips and salsa for dinner. Neither of these meals give me any of the nutritious my body needs. Because of this I am consonantly trying to find new ways to implement healthy choices into my families lives.

What Is The Best Super Bowl Food? [POLL]

Jackie — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:54:33 +0000

The big game is this weekend. Do you have anything planned? More importantly what are you going to make? I would really like to make something other than chips and salsa. I wish that I could make stadium food. According to The Post Game providing the food at the New Orleans Superdome for this Sunday's Super Bowl. Here are four facts about the stadium food:

Is Dessert Better in the Morning or in the Evening? [POLL]

Jackie — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:01:23 +0000

My sweet husband did a lot of the cooking this weekend and yesterday I woke up to my three boys (husband included) eating cheesecake for breakfast. As most mother’s would I asked, “Cheesecake for breakfast, really?” All together…they looked at me and replied, “Ya mom, you want some?”. My husband then reminded me that I [...]

Plate of Pasta At New York Restaurant Costs $2,013

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:10:03 +0000

Pasta is typically one of the cheaper entrees at a restaurant. In fact you can often get an endless bowl of it for ten bucks at your local Olive Garden.

But a "plate" of pasta on the menu at Bice, an eatery in Midtown Manhattan, is anything but inexpensive. The dish, featuring homemade tagliolini pasta topped with two pounds of fresh lobster and black truffles, will run you the year-accurate sum of $2,013.

Subway 'Sandwich Artist' Fired Over Ketchup Dispute Gone Awry

Emerald Catron — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:00:31 +0000

Maybe Subway is stepping up their game a tad. They've made it abundantly clear that they now have avocados and sriracha sauce, and they will NOT be putting ketchup on anybody's sandwich. At all. They don't even have ketchup, and one employee was willing to fight to prove it. They don't call them sandwich artists for nothing.

Free Chick-fil-A at Grand Opening January 10 in Twin Falls

Brad Weiser — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:54:14 +0000

By now, you’ve noticed that the construction of the Twin Falls Chick-fil-A is all but done. Chick-fil-A will open its first restaurant of 2013 in Twin Falls, on Jan. 10 at 1631 Blue Lakes Blvd., N. At the opening, franchised operator Bill Ystueta will award a free, one-year supply of Chick-fil-A meals to each of [...]

The 15 Grossest Instagram Shots of Thanksgiving Dinner

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:30:00 +0000

There are tons of things we love about Thanksgiving, like how it’s socially acceptable to dress up as a pilgrim in public. (Other people do that too, right?) Obviously boats full of gravy will trump square-buckled shoes every time though. Unless said gravy has been passed through the Hudson filter on Instagram and made thoroughly unappealing. [...]

Eight Facts About How People Celebrate Thanksgiving

Jackie — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:15:10 +0000

According to a survey from PR Newswire by a jigsaw-puzzle company called Buffalo Games, almost as many people play BOARD GAMES on Thanksgiving as watch football. Here are eight facts about how people celebrate Thanksgiving:

1.) 64% of people say they'll watch football on Thanksgiving . . . and 56% say they'll play board games.

10 Food Myths You Probably Believe

Ruth Waxman — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:03:22 +0000

All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don’t spend enough time questioning what’s actually been said. We’ve picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them. 1. [...]