WTOP highlights a new Consumer Reports, um, report rating the country's various fast-food french fries. D.C.-area-based chain Five Guys ranked No. 2, behind only Wendy's and ahead of McDonald's. Here's what the mag had to say about Five Guys' fries: "Big baked-potato flavor complemented by oil and salt. Crispness and doneness were variable." KFC came [...]
On the Fritz's Nerves: If you ever want to agitate veteran Washington Post nightlife scribe Fritz Hahn at a bar like ChurchKey, occupy valuable bar real estate with empty drinks, tell the bartender "[n]o, we're good right now" when asked if you'd like another, and turn your back. Hahn might yell at you, but most [...]
The fine folks from that Taiwanese animation firm have dropped another amusing video. This time, watch first lady Michelle Obama battle Ronald McDonald of McDonald's, Burger King's The King, and Col. Sanders from KFC with fruits and vegetables. Young & Hungry never knew bananas could be used like ninja throwing stars. [via Eater Nat'l]
Anthony Bourdain has been a staunch defender of foie gras ever since Chicago banned the fatty liver (and then rescinded the ban on the fatty liver). In the past, Bourdain has focused on shooting down the ethical/humane arguments promoted by animal activists. Or arguing for an eater's right to choose. On Friday night at the [...]
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Thought for Food – Mentally Ill Advertisers & German Cupcakes www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News A few of you have suggested that I need to serve up my own review of KFC's bun-less wonder. I'm sorry, I'm still behind on that assignment. [...]
Washingtonian: Steering readers to those hidden gems like Ben's Chili Bowl So was it the mention of Five Guys or KFC's Double Down that did the trick? Or maybe it was some high-fat drippiness, bun-on/bun-off combination that made you click on the item by the hundreds? Whatever the reason, there's little doubt we are still [...]
Here's your winner of Serious Eats' chain burger tourney. On Tuesday, KFC rolled out its Double Down chicken sandwich — I really ought to put quotes around the word "sandwich" for this bun-less creation — and the food media immediately tore into it. Today, cardiologists everywhere are celebrating. More on that in a moment — the [...]
Mark Furstenberg may be finding it a challenge to sell the world's best street foods to Washingtonians, but at least he wasn't hawking hand-held snacks in China during Chairman Mao's reign. Some Chinese street foods were apparently lost forever under Mao. This fascinating segment, from Al Jazeera English, doesn't really explain why the foods were [...]
A sad, searing look behind a fast-food pioneer: Mel Gibson portrays the heartbroken, homicidal Southern gentleman in The Colonel, as seen in this, ahem, promo on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
People are brilliant. People are mindless cows. Today's roundup has a bit of both. Chow.com tells us how London's fast-food chicken outlets have escaped the Colonel's hatchetmen, including the creatively named Kent's Tuck Inn Fried Chicken.
