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sandwiches
News From Abroad
Breaking: "While they have not abandoned their love of food, French people increasingly are resorting to a humble sandwich for the noon meal." But: "sandwich consumption per capita is still lower than in other countries." [WaPo] -
recessionomics
Talentless Workers Getting Left Behind
The Way We Live Now: "It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money." More » -
sacrifices
People Will Eat Dog Food Before They'll Cancel HBO
How are you cutting back during the Great Recession? Well, if you're like most Americans, you're probably eating crappier food but still watching a lot of TV. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll suggests as much, at least. More » -
feuds
Martha Stewart Foists Grotesque Cupcakes on Beleaguered Nation
Why must Martha Stewart make a mockery of the US diabetes crisis? Our nemesis has written a new book about, you guessed it, cupcakes. Even worse, her henchpeople have emailed, to us, horrifying photographs of the bizarre comestibles Martha's treatise has inspired. This, America, is why you're fat: More » -
recessionomics
We Must Forage Enough Roots to Sustain Us Through the Bitter Winter
The Way We Live Now: Hungrily. We've been reduced to eating food that we canned ourselves. What did we can? The weeds in the garden. Mmm, minimal sustenance. More » -
trendwatch
The Perfect Circle of Pseudotrends
What happens to the delicate fabric of spacetime when stories in the same Thursday New York Times Style Section flow logically into one another in a perpetual, unceasing circle? We're about to find out: More » -
breaking
Frank Bruni Leaving the Restaurant Beat
New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni—the most powerful man in food, in his own way—is leaving the restaurant beat to become a writer-at-large for the NYT magazine. This memo just went out: More » -
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mother's day
America Is Going To The Following Restaurants On Mother's Day
As of 2:30PM today, on Google Trends, the following restaurants America is taking Mom out for dinner to tonight: More » -
scandal
Will Media Cover Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly Eating Fancy French Cheeses?
"Sopresso." "Brie." "Porcini Dusted Petite Filet." "Mascarpone Polenta." Do those sound like the sorts of things men of the people eat? More » -
oopses
Whole Foods: The Final Frontier
Nikki Finke heard a rumor that the catering company who was covering the big Star Trek premiere party last night totally shit the bed and ended up serving upscale grocery store food. To celebrities! More » -
recessionomics
Ketchup Sandwiches For Everyone
The Way We Live Now: Involuntarily dieting. Cafeteria trays are a forgotten luxury. Sandwich boards are the new sandwiches. Stare in the windows of the many new luxury restaurants! More » -
passover
What Won't Be Served at Barack Obama's Seder?
How is tomorrow different from all other nights? The sitting president is having a seder! (Bush couldn't handle the four glasses of fruity European wine, obv.) Here are some things Obama probably won't be serving: More » -
recessionomics
Stupid Media Cost-Cutting Tricks: Toilet Paper's a Luxury
Times are tough. Stupid corporate cost-cutting tricks are rampant. Even within the hallowed confines of media companies! And the situation is growing more dire—no more free gyms, babysitting, good coffee, food, or toilet paper: More » -
eating
Food Blogger Shuffle! (Not as Fun as Truffle Shuffle)
Eater.com founder Ben Leventhal is going to start blogging on GrubStreet.com—a rival food blog! New York food bloggers haven't been this abuzz since the Great Momofuku Fire of '63. [The Feedbag] -
food wars
Obama Vegetable Garden Is Hippie Victory
Alice Waters wins: The First Family agreed to to grow its own vegetables for the first time since World War II, citing the very educational benefits the Berkeley restaurateur has long touted. More » -
recessionomics
Crazy Food Hippie Actually on to Something
Oh look, it's that nutty Berkeley chef Alice Waters, telling 60 Minutes we should all eat non-poisoned food. Doesn't she know organic produce is a "luxury," in Lesley Stahl's words? It's a recession! More » -
gordon ramsay
The Incredible Shrinking Celebrity Chef
Give Gordon Ramsay money now, prats! The John McCain of food continues to bring the awesome on cooking reality shows. But he is severely impaired when it comes to bringing the money, to banks. More » -
magazines
Bon Appetit and Gourmet Both Exist. Why?
Bon Appetit and Gourmet are both Conde Nast-owned food magazines with similar reader demographics and ad rates. They're both equally popular among Gawker readers. They're both troubled. Why does Conde need both? More » -
advertising
Frito-Lay Snacks Are the Sassy, Sympathetic Friend You Need, Ladies!
Snacks: are you purchasing a sufficient percentage of yours from the Frito-Lay brand? If you're a woman, the answer is probably no. But don't worry, ladies; neuromarketing targeting your hippocampus will change that soon. More » -
food
Alice Waters Seeks Organic Bailout
Ah, California, that prodigious producer of fruits, nuts, and flakes. Alice Waters, the famous Chez Panisse chef, has seized on the national craze for bailouts to demand organic, unprocessed school lunches for all. More » -
crises
Vegan Lunch Dilemma Brings NYU Revolutionaries to Brink of Explosion
We are closely following the breaking news at the student-occupied NYU food court, where protesters are fighting for Palestinian solidarity. The most important issues so far: vegan lunches and cigarette breaks. Things are getting tense! More » -
let freedom ring
Celebrate Black History Month With Ham Hocks and Other Black People Food!
Did you know that African-Americans made many contributions to the grocery industry? Such as collard greens, pork hocks, and bologna. All celebrated on this grocery store's Black History month flier. African-Americans love that pork! More » -
soup lines
Eat Tom Colicchio's Meat for Cheap
Like fashion before it, the fancy food industry needs to change its rules a bit to get your business. Starbucks is doing McDonald's-style value meals, while Tom Colicchio's swanky steak house is halving prices. More » -
moments
Beastie Boys' Mike D and Wife Dining Out with the New York Times?
Are we, and a tipster, crazy, or is that rapper Mike D and his wife Tamra Davis in the photo accompanying Frank Bruni's review of the John Dory in the New York Times today? More » -
recessionomics
No One Can Afford Lunch
Recently the New York Times explained how hard it is to live on $500k a year. Twice! Now the paper reports: nobody's paying for business lunches any more! Is this just a made-up thing? Yes. More » -
advertising
Allow Us to Tell You About a Blogworthy Product
Well, Oscar Mayer's full-page ad in Newsweek (click for big pic) informs us that the meat processor's Deli Creations Flatbread Sandwiches are 'Blogworthy.' They are so right! More » -
food wars
Obamas Invite Favorite Elitist Liberal Chef to Cook For Them in DC
Hah, the Obamas brought their own personal home chef with them to The White House. And oddly that bit of crazy elitism will please all the hippies. More » -
food
What's Obama Eating?
On the menu for the traditional post-inauguration luncheon hosted by Congress: "seafood, pheasant, duck, and apple-cinnamon sponge cake," a menu inspired by Lincoln, served on a "replica of the Lincoln china," according to this clip. More » -
food
Amusing Folks Now Eating Raccoon!
"Raccoons go for $3 to $7 — each, not per pound — and will feed about five adults. Four, if they’re really hungry." Oh, great, now it's a trend. More » -
press releases
Yet Another Special Interest Group Seeking Obama's Ear
Barack Obama visited a famous Washington hot dog restaurant this weekend, thrilling the good people at the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. More » -
food
UK's Great New Squirrel Chips
Are you one of those people who eats squirrel not because of poverty or comical sitcom hillbillyism, but for the delicious taste? England has a product for you! More » -
recessionomics
In The Depression, You Will Eat Squirrel
The Brits suddenly love squirrel! And so will we, probably: the critters run $3 each, and the Times concedes they seem perfect for a recession. More » -
pop culture
In Which We Send Tap-Dancing Chef Rocco DiSpirito to Therapy
Rocco DiSpirito used to be a critically-acclaimed chef, but then he did that show the Restaurant and then Top Chef and The Biggest Loser and finally Dancing With the Stars. Now nobody respects him! -
recaps
Top Chef Is Creme BruLame
Hey guys! Your regular Top Chef recap fella, Joshua David Stein, unfortunately was unable to watch last night's episode. So, you're stuck with me. Most of you probably already got your jibblies out during our weekly live blog extravaganza, but just in case a lone few of you didn't comment til your fingers bled, we'll proceed with a wrap-up right here and right now. I don't know anything about food! So, should be fun! More » -
we hate your kids
Loneliest Lil' Food Critic to Become a Kid Power Film
The New York Times ran a story a couple weeks back about a sad little latchkey kid who deemed himself a food critic while eating dinner at a restaurant by himself. Yeah, he like took a wee notebook along and everything. It's devastating and precocious and weird and vaguely annoying. Which means it would make the perfect movie! Saturday Night Live head Canadian Lorne Michaels and MGM scion John Goldwyn have bought the rights to the story, which they hope to turn into a "a youth-themed empowerment film." More » -
advertising
Could Fewer McDonald's Ads Make Kids Eat Less McDonald's?
This past summer, the Evil Food Conglomerates of America agreed to "limit" advertising that "targeted children," though their definition of that is loose enough to keep selling a lot of Pop-Tarts to 13-year-olds. They did this to try to preclude some kind of rule that would outlaw their advertising to children altogether. Unfortunately for the Hamburglar, a new study is out that has people actually talking about banning youth-targeted fast food ads, which would really be an incredible thing. "No fatties," the study proclaims: More » -
new york times
Times Employees To Starve On Thanksgiving
Cold-hearted bastards. The New York Times sent out a memo to employees this morning telling them that the 14th, 15th, and 16th floors are going to be closed over Thanksgiving weekend so that workers can finally put finishing on the wood floors—a vital job for which the paper has plenty of money. Do you know what this means? The cafeteria will be closed on Thanksgiving. Take your snack from the coffee cart and be happy, peons! Wait, that's closed too: More » -
video games
Jocks Cede Role Model Status To Nerds
Remember in the olden days when pro athletes and Olympians would grace our soft drink ads, urging us to guzzle the nutritionally barren sugar water in order to be a champion like them, cognitive dissonance be damned? Yea, if you listen to athletes now, you are old and laughable. The new (and far more appropriate!) face of Dr. Pepper is a 21-year-old kid who makes a quarter of a million bucks playing video games. Why I never! Lazy kids nowadays! There is simply no way not to sound like some parody of Dave Barry making "these kids!" jokes while writing about this development. But what you need to know is that if you have skills with a Wii controller, you better watch out for the geek paparazzi: More »












































