Local Food Celebration: The Four Corners of Carolina BBQ Road Trip

(1st Corner) Thick billows of smoke were fleeing from the windows of the gray cinder block building like spirits from an exorcism, but no shouts of alarm rose with the smoke, no sirens cut into the cool morning air. “Oh yes, oh yes,” I thought to...

Howard Stern Hitched in All-Star Wedding

" Howard Stern Hitched in All-Star Wedding""It's happened—someone has finally made an honest man of Howard Stern. After a lengthy engagement, the Sirius Satellite shock jock has taken the marital...

The Seedier side of NY's Dollar -dance clubs

" NEW YORK (AP) -- As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them...

California Fast Food Restaurants to List Calories

California became the first US state to pass a law that requires fast-food restaurants with more than 20 locations to list calorie information on their menus, in an effort to curb the obesity epidemic."Starting July...

Robert de Niro restaurant chain, Nobu, to mark endangered bluefin tuna on its...

As previously reported, Nobu in London was selling endangered bluefin tuna without labelling is as such on their menu. However, now they have made the deicison to label some dishes as being made from an endangered...

This is where my site needs to go next. How about yours?

Rob Curley, news website visionary wrote this in a longer piece that is part of a recent Nieman Report. The giant relational database and geocoding are what http://creatingcommunityconnections.org needs next..."An interesting attribute of these local guides is that the entire...

TV chef Antonio Carluccio 'stabs himself in the chest with kitchen knife'

" Celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio, is now recovering after the incident Italian TV chef Antonio Carluccio was rushed to hospital after stabbing himself in the chest with a kitchen knife.Doctors feared the blade may have penetrated a lung and took him into intensive care on...

Robert De Niro's restaurant chain Nobu sells endangered tuna

World famous restaurant Nobu, partly owned by actor Robert De Niro, has been caught serving endangered bluefin tuna in their London restaurants without informing the cutomers.A number of undercover investigators...

Man crashes truck into Maple Ridge sushi restaurant

Two women are dead and several others injured after a bizarre incident at a sushi restaurant in Maple Ridge, B.C. A 51-year-old man reportedly crashed his truck into a strip mall restaurant on the Lougheed Highway at 203rd Street. There were 45 people in the establishment...

Gordon Ramsay's reign as top chef could be over, says Harden's guide

Food and fine dining are now a key part of London culture with the UK and the capital in particular laying claim to host some of the best restaurants in the world. At the top of the heap has been Gordon Ramsay who...

Help, I'm turning into my mother

"(LifeWire) -- Stacy Pearson keeps buying food she knows she'll never eat -- from tomato soup to green beans to ramen noodles -- merely because it's on sale. Why? Blame her mother. ...

Deplorable City Eateries Reveal Kuala Lumpur's Dirty Backlanes

We Malaysians love hawker food (well in this world, who doesn't right?), but locally here everyone knows that the small stalls by the roadside in Kampung Baru sells the best beef porridges, the Pudu chicken...

Sea turtles march into Italian restaurant

We've been hearing a lot about animals stumbling into public places lately. First there was the alligator who visited a local bar, then baby otters got their drinks on as well, and now 60 sea turtles are ordering...

Man got 9-foot tapeworm from restaurant

Considering they can get 50' long, and it was a free bonus, I don't know what he was complaining about !" CHICAGO (AP) — A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a...

Cook to serve 6 Months For Placing Hair In Steak Of Dissatisfied Customer

This is a disgusting story, but I am sure this happens all the time. I wonder if there is such a stat or poll which shows how often your food gets tampered with. I personally think it happens quite frequently and...

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