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New Turkey Traditions: Try Grilling or Deep Frying

A Thanksgiving dinner without the traditional foods – turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie – would seem sacrilegious.   However, there are many daring and innovative holiday revelers who would like to try something new, but without sacrificing the time-honored tradition that family and friends have come to expect.  There are already some [...]

Gourmet Pushcarts Coming to San Francisco Parks

We all know how bad things are in California, with their continuing economic woes.  Now, the city of San Francisco is trying to do something to help close the widening budget gap.  Effective immediately, the Department of Recreation and Parks will be regulating pushcart vendors and allowing them to sell food in 219 San Francisco parks, something [...]

Minneapolis’ Chef Shack Serves up Curbside Haute Cuisine

Professional chefs Lisa Carlson and Carrie Summer each have 20 years of experience working in notable, fine-dining kitchens of high-end restaurants in New York, San Francisco and Minneapolis, yet these two trendsetters decided to retire their chef aprons and take to the road … literally.
The high spirited and innovative gal pals are operating a mobile food [...]

All-You-Can-Eat Seats Increase Baseball Attendance

Fans of the Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves and other major league baseball teams can have their game and eat it too. For a few bucks extra on designated nights, ticket holders can head over to the ball park or stadium and stuff their faces with as much concession food as they like.  [...]

Man versus Beast in Coney Island Bun-eating Contest

In its heyday, Coney Island was the location of America’s most famous amusement park, with death-defying rides, carnival sideshows and some of the best walk-around food you could find.  It’s home to “Nathan’s Famous” hot dogs and Mrs. Stahl’s knishes.  Over the years, Coney Island has lost its allure, but you can still come to [...]

A&W 90th ANNV – Free Floats, 90¢ Burgers

A&W Restaurants celebrates its 90th Anniversary this weekend with a FREE Float Day on Friday and 90 cent burgers on Sunday, June 21, Father’s Day.
“We are excited to invite customers to join in our 90th Anniversary A&W Restaurants celebrates its 90th Anniversary this weekend with a FREE Float Day and 90-cent Papa Burgers. Ben Butler, [...]

Free Food: The New Company Bonus

With unemployment nearing 20 percent in some states, those still in the workforce not only fear for their jobs, many are working twice as hard to compensate for laid-off staff and getting paid less to do it. It’s no wonder company morale during this recession is at an all time low. Capital deprived business owners [...]

The Dating Game: Food Dating, That Is

Storage of Fresh or Uncooked Products

Product

Storage Times After Purchase

Poultry

1 or 2 days

Beef, Veal, Pork and Lamb

3 to 5 days

Ground Meat and Ground Poultry

1 or 2 days

Fresh Variety Meats (Liver, Tongue, Brain, Kidneys, Heart, Chitterlings)

1 or 2 days

Cured Ham, Cook-Before-Eating

5 to 7 days

Sausage from Pork, Beef or Turkey, Uncooked

1 or 2 days

Eggs

3 to 5 weeks

Storage of [...]

Red Meat in the Hot Seat

Two more studies were just released that puts red meat in the hot seat – again. The National Institutes of Health–AARP Diet and Health Study  reinforces what previous studies had already confirmed.  Too much of a good thing is bad for you.  In this case, it’s red meat.
This is the biggest and highest quality study [...]

Wines to Drink at the Super Bowl

Super Bowl Food usually conjures up images of  pitcher of Bud Light as perfect match for Hot Dogs and Nacho w/ Cheez Wiz.   Here at FriendsEAT we disagree and have been asked by a few users to suggest a couple of bottles of wine that would go well with the upcoming Super Bowl between the [...]