Leave it to Chow's enterprising James Norton, he of the supertaster disposition, to tackle the latest fast-food controversy: Taco Bell's roll out this month of its Cantina Tacos line, which is the national chain's attempt to keep it real, man. The mega-food-service tacos are allegedly based on genuine Latin street food. The media backlash has [...]
And he samples the chain's version of the KFC Double Down: a stack of cheesecake filled pancakes. Norton's take is delightfully dry and droll, particularly this observation about the pancakes covered in "apples": "That can only loosely be described as an apple. That's corn syrup on something gelatinous." Video courtesy of Chow.com
One of the best palates in the business, James Norton, hits the Minnesota State Fair. Fried goodness ensues.
Y&H enjoys James Norton's clever, bone-dry work, and, no, it's not just a mutual admiration society thing.
Y&H loves Chow.com's supertaster James Norton, a foodie who knows how to straddle that fine line between pretentiousness and passion. He's like the Comic Book Guy without the superciliousness. Y&H has already featured videos with Norton sampling commercial ice cream toppings and baby food. This time the supertaster takes on the world's most expensive beer, Samuel Adams' [...]
Chow.com "supertaster" James Norton takes up the challenge of trying to describe four different commercial ice cream toppings. Two of them he actually likes, but his description of the Smucker's Magic Shell "limited edition" cherry topping is priceless. It tastes, Norton says, like someone "melted a piece of watermelon Hubba Bubba onto my ice cream."
