Archive for the 'Food & Drink' Category

Hungry sheep

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Seen at Caldermeade Farm in Victoria.

Apple slicer that saves your half-eaten apple too!

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Lint Coat points us over to this apple slicer by Jessica Battram. The device is both simple and functional. If you are only keen on eating a portion of the apple, you can leave the slicer in place and it will protect your apple from rotting or turning brown. Pretty neat!

Buy it for $40 at [...]

Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day is Tuesday!

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 is FREE CONE DAY at participating Ben & Jerry’s stores.
Find your nearest store here.

Steven Seagal’s Lightning Bolt energy drink

Monday, April 28th, 2008

My friend Jordan just told me that Steven Seagal has his own energy drink called Lightning Bolt.
I didn’t believe him. So I did some research. And sure enough, the action movie star is the creator of this energy drink. It is the first drink to include Tibetan Goji Berries and Asian Cordyceps. Wow.
Nothing like a [...]

Activate Drinks: It’s Hid In The Lid

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Activate Drinks markets their new line of vitamin water beverages through the use of a cleverly designed bottle cap.
The bottle cap stores powdered vitamins that get released once the cap is turned. Activate Drinks claims that vitamins lose their effectiveness when they sit in water. Through the use of this bottle cap, Activate can prolong [...]

Arby’s buys Wendy’s for $2.34 Billion

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Wendy’s, the hamburger restaurant founded by Dave Thomas in 1969, has been sold to Triarc Companies, the owner of Arby’s for $2.34 billion. [via]
Here’s the press release from Triarc.

How to “eat like a king” at a Bodega

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

You can find all you need at a Bronx Bodega. Here’s a video on how to eat cheap at your local Bodega.
Thanks Susan!

Pancake Puffs: The tastiest pancakes are round

Monday, April 21st, 2008

I’ve said it many times before but I’ll say it again. I love pancakes. I just love eating them. They are so delicious. If they weren’t so unhealthy to eat day after day, then believe me, I’d be eating them everyday.
And if I were to eat them everyday, I’d want to liven up the traditional [...]

Vegemite Toast Crunch?

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Most Australians love Vegemite, but I can’t stand the taste of it. It’s way saltier than anything I’ve ever had, and even on buttered toast it still tastes terrible.
But I dunno, somehow Vegemite is a staple food of many Australian childhoods.
YTMND has a weird Vegemite Toast Crunch page with the Vegemite commercial song being played [...]

Even better: Katana vs plastic water bottle

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

If you’ve ever tried to cut plastic, then you’ll know how seemingly impossible it can be if you don’t have a sharp blade. And even when you do have a sharp blade, cutting plastic can be dangerous because you can slip off of the plastic and cut yourself. Trust me, I’ve done it before.
So watching [...]