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Top Ten Halloween Inspired Libations

Last year, my favorite Halloween party cocktail was a massive concoction called “The Dunk Tank” — a two gallon mix of Absolute Vodka, Malibu Rum, Beefeater Gin, and fruit juice. Whether you plan on attending a party and want to go armed with coupons and  fun drink suggestions, or are celebrating Halloween at home, our […]

5 Best Cognacs For The Money – 10 Most Expensive

Many may find drinking Cognac to be an “acquired” taste, but a fine Cognac makes a great after-dinner drink. Good Cognac is traditionally served in a heated brandy snifter (25 cl), although lately, the word in the industry is that a good tulip-shaped glass is better for Cognac. This change has come about because the […]

World’s Most Popular Airport Restaurants

Have you ever wondered what the World’s Most Popular Airport Restaurants are? We did too…and we crunched the numbers from some of the most popular restaurant review sites so you don’t have to…that way next time you’re traveling and you find yourself wandering through the airport wondering where to eat, you don’t have to waste your […]

It’s Not Often You Get Carded Buying Beer-Flavored Ice Cream

Frozen Pints, an Atlanta manufacturer, sells seven varieties of beer flavored ice cream with more than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume, which in Georgia is considered an alcoholic product and can be sold only to people of legal drinking age. Beer-Flavored Ice Cream Frozen Pints has a Peach Lambic with 1 percent alcohol, and a […]

Critics Taste The World’s Oldest Champagne Bottle

Bubbly sure goes down easily…but did you know it takes a really long time to make a bottle of champagne? Yup. A non-vintage Champagne (a Champagne made with grapes harvested in different years) takes a minimum of 15 months to make and up to 30 (that’s over 2 years to wait to drink those bubbles). […]

How to Monetize Food Photography

You’ve been going to restaurants for years. You’ve mastered the art of shooting a dish in the dimmest light and you don’t want to submit it to review sites so they can monetize on your pictures. If you want to Monetize Food Photography, read on. We’ve got tons of ideas and places for you to make […]

Best Butter Taste Test (Cheap Vs. Expensive)

There are tons of types of butter out there. How many types? To start, there is regular butter (salted or unsalted), grass-fed butter, cultured butter, clarified butter (aka Ghee), clotted cream, European style butter, goat butter, sheep butter. On top of this, there are tons of countries and brands where butter comes from, so how are […]

Exhaust Burger: For the Survivalist Who Has Everything

Laughing Squid recently reported on an odd invention called the Exhaust Burger, a unique concept for mobile barbecuing designed by a team of Iranian industrial designers. The metal device attaches to an automotive tailpipe and uses its exhaust to heat the top piece, which cooks the burger. The design was created for designboom’s 2008 Dining […]

Top 10 Worst American Cities For Foodies

The Movoto blog, an extension of Movoto Real Estate, typically supplies readers with real estate related stories and trends along with a tongue-in-cheek back-beat narrative. The blog writers recently put together a list of cities they claim will leave a bad taste in the mouths of die-hard foodies. (Source) The blog crew supposedly used data […]

Flashback: Celebrity Chef Mario Batali Pays Over 5 Million for Stealing Tips

While stealing in general is indicative of a callous disregard for the dignity and sovereignty of others, theft in the workplace is particularly egregious because of the element of assumed trust, especially when an employer steals from hardworking, low paid employees. (source) In the restaurant business, it’s a time-honored tradition that the sanctity of tips […]

How to Raise Your Kids to Eat Well and Not Be Picky Eaters

According to a study by professor Mildred Horodynski of Michigan State University’s College of Nursing, a mother’s eating habits has a huge impact on whether her child consumes enough fruits and vegetables. The study was published in the journal Public Health Nursing, and evaluated nearly 400 low-income women with children ages 1-3 enrolled in Early […]

How an Animal Lover Learned to Hunt & Kill Dinner

Lily Raff McCaulou was raised as an animal lover in Takoma Park, Maryland, and educated at left-leaning Wesleyan University. McCaulou was raised as a gun-fearing environmentalist adhering to the principle that harming animals is wrong. But then something happened. In in her early twenties, McCaulou, with a dislike for guns, developed a surprising interest in […]

How To Eat Healthy When You’re Broke

American families are struggling to put food on the table. One recent report signaling deteriorating economic security claimed that four out of five U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives. Right now in America, 1 in 5 — or more than 23 Million — […]

11 Popular Fast Foods You’ll Never Have To Buy Again

Doctors and dietitians warn us incessantly about the risks in eating fast food. But in spite of all the dire admonitions, many of us continue to enjoy an occasional burger and fries for one very good reason — fast food taste great. We thought it would be fun to recreate that delicious fast food taste […]

Top 10 Affordable Holiday Champagnes

According to the Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia, written by Tom Stevenson and published since 1988 by Dorling Kindersley, the oldest recorded sparkling wine is Blanquette de Limoux, invented by Benedictine Monks in 1531. The monks bottled the wine before the initial fermentation had ended, and then over a century later, an English scientist and physician furnished […]

100 Best Restaurants in The World

Every year, Elite Traveler, a luxury lifestyle magazine that calls itself “the private jet lifestyle magazine,” publishes its ranking of the world’s top 100 restaurants. The magazine’s readers have a median household income of $2.28 million, a group considered by Forbes as “Ultra-High-Net-Worth consumers.” Elite Traveler readers were surveyed on their favorite restaurants and gourmet […]

Why is Wood Pulp In Your Ice Cream?

Jamie Oliver recently shocked Letterman when he told Dave and his audience that vanilla ice cream contains a product called castoreum that comes from beaver anal gland. Little did Dave know there’s also wood pulp in ice cream. In an effort to undercut the rising cost of flour, sugar and oil, the food industry is […]

How To Make Healthier Choices At Fast-Food Restaurants

Fast food is junk, pure and simple. And eating fast food on a regular basis will eventually make you sick. A Double Whopper with cheese, order of fries, and an apple pie sold at Burger King contains more saturated fat than should be consumed in two days. Obesity is now killing triple the number of […]

10 Best Beer and Wine Drinking Bicycles

The European trade publication “The Drinks Business” has assembled an amusing collection of unique bicycles. While most bikes are designed for speed or rough terrain, these bicycles are devoted to the ease and convenience of transporting your favorite beer and wine. From on-board bottle openers to pedal-powered kegs and moving bike bars, they’ve rounded up […]

Resistant Killer Bugs: An Epic Medical Catastrophe Looms

We at FriendsEat, along with scores of online publications, public health experts, and consumer advocacy groups, have discussed for years the imminent danger associated with the continued abusive use of antibiotics in industrial farming. Healthy cattle and poultry are routinely injected with antibiotics whether they need them or not. Large corporate U.S farms feed antibiotics […]

Top 10 Most Popular Restaurants for Cheating Spouses

The website Ashley Madison, the so-called famous name in infidelity, is an online dating service and social network that markets to people who are already in a relationship. Ashley Madison surveyed 42,890 of their members in major American cities to compile a list of the top 10 most popular restaurants for cheaters to dine with […]

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