Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Food media Wednesday food links: The crazy sandwich race
Posted by Emma Harger on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Wanna lose your appetite for lunch (or dinner, or brinner, or whatever meal is next)? Check out CBS News' slideshow of things the government allows small amounts of in food. Maybe sometimes ignorance truly is bliss...
Denny's drops another contender into the Crazy Sandwich Race with the fried cheese melt sandwich. Those four globs in the photo there? Fried mozzarella sticks.
MyFoxNY reports on vending machines of the future, which will use biometrics to let consumers pay with their thumbprints or retina scans. The machines also have fancy flatscreen displays instead of the old-school glass window.
Eater rounds up reviews of the Pop-Tarts World installation in Times Square. Shepard Smith really doesn't like Pop-Tarts, apparently.
Food and Wine magazine has a multiculti look into the world's weirdest food festivals. BugFest might be the most out-there, although the garlic festival is pretty odd too.
An Esquire writer lists the seven deadly restaurant sins. Judging from how he describes what he sees as the worst kind of host, I sense a grudge in his history.
At Serious Eats, someone seriously loves Taco Bell's new Cantina tacos. (But someone who tweets as @HuffPostFood greatly disagrees.) Your mileage may vary.
Palate cleanser: photos and videos of cats eating pizza. Awww!
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