September 24, 2009 @ 7:37 pm
This post seems rather fitting considering the fact that I just posted about The United States of McDonald’s. Anyway, here are some examples of the clock made of McDonald’s foods that DDB (The Philippines) created which ended up increasing sales in the area by 13.9% vs the same period the previous year. The billboards were put along the roads to entice people to go eat McDonald’s no matter what time it is. Pretty, eh?
July 17, 2009 @ 7:09 am
Hellmann’s – It’s Time for Real from CRUSH on Vimeo.
Canadians are the focus of a new food campaign by Hellmann’s and Crush to encourage buying local foods and produce rather than buying imported foods. [via]
The campaign, entitled Eat Real, Eat Local, comes with a nifty short video that does an excellent job of explaining the negative effects of consuming imported foods in Canada when equally or better foods can be had locally. The video takes place over a table top as various statistics and CG elements pop up at the sound of the narrator’s voice.
June 22, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
NYC Food Guy is reporting that Tuck Shop is opening up a 2nd location at 115 St. Mark’s Place (near Crif Dogs). The new location is bigger, will serve Australian coffee, Milo (!!!), and of course all of your favorite Australian treats like Tim Tams and meat pies (and much more).
The new location will open this Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Yay!
April 13, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
I normally don’t take pictures of my food because I’d rather just dive into it than sit around and try to recapture its essence in photographs. But today, I had to take a picture of what I had for lunch because it was so good!
There’s this place called Leocadia Milanes on 26th Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway that serves absolutely delicious Latin American/Spanish cuisine for dirt cheap! Flo and I got an order of maduros to share and then I got a beef special (with yellow rice, beans, and vegetables) and she got a chicken special (also with yellow rice and beans).
It was so filling that I actually had to stop eating and save the second half for later because I was so full.
The restaurant itself looks like nothing special on the outside. On the inside there are a couple of bar stools at the counter and some tables for eating in at the back. The women and men behind the counter talk to each other in Spanish and are very nice and friendly. Overall, a very relaxing atmosphere to enjoy lunch.
October 22, 2008 @ 11:59 pm
Photo: kuow949 on Flickr
David Sedaris, best-selling author of such funny books as Me Talk Pretty One Day
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.
That’s just hilarious and very fitting of Sedaris’ style of writing. Also, the gay unicorn cartoon that’s connected with the story is funny.
Thanks Matt!
