Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Texas Monthly wins the Internet

This is the cover of Texas Monthly’s January 2007 issue, in which they give out their ‘Bum Steers’ awards:

January 2007 Texas Monthly cover

The fine print reads, “*Yes, this is a photo illustration. If we don’t say so, Dick Cheney will shoot us in the face.” (via Accordion Guy)

P.S. Texas Monthly may be the greatest magazine known to man. Their current cover article?

December 2006 Texas Monthly cover

That’s right. The 63 Tacos You Must Eat Before You Die. Yes, they’re all in Texas.

December 14th, 2006 · Tags Food, Politics, lol | Comments Off

Landmark court case

Is a burrito a sandwich? Judge says no:

WORCESTER, Mass. - Is a burrito a sandwich?

The Panera Bread Co. bakery-and-cafe chain says yes. But a judge said no, ruling against Panera in its bid to prevent a Mexican restaurant from moving into the same shopping mall.

Panera has a clause in its lease that prevents the White City Shopping Center in Shrewsbury from renting to another sandwich shop. Panera tried to invoke that clause to stop the opening of an Qdoba Mexican Grill.

November 13th, 2006 · Tags Food, Law | Comments Off

Prepare for the inevitable uprising

No, I don’t mean the inevitable uprising here or anywhere else. In fact, I don’t mean anything to do with humans at all. I’m talking about the robots, because the Japanese have finally invented a robot that thinks we taste like bacon. From the article:

Upon being given a sample, he will speak up in a childlike voice and identify what he has just been fed. The idea is that wineries can tell if a wine is authentic without even opening the bottle…

But when some smart aleck reporter placed his hand in the robot’s omnivorous clanking jaw, he was identified as bacon. A cameraman then tried and was identified as prosciutto.

Well, now we’re screwed. Thanks Japan! Between the people-eating robots and the attempts to create new universes, they’ll do us all in yet. (CERN isn’t helping, either.)

November 10th, 2006 · Tags Food, Robots, Technology | Comments Off