The Duane Reade pharmacy chain is willing to be flexible in order to fit into New York City neighborhoods where there is resistance to chain stores, reports...More
A Brazilian court has ordered McDonald's to pay a former franchise manager in Sao Paulo $17,500 because he claims he became obese from being forced to...More
This gallery of nutritional horrors at the www.health.com(!) website purports to list the fattiest food associated with each of the 50 states. The delicacies...More
It sounds like the premise for a Monty Python skit: a food supply system that uses container capsules shooting through underground tubes to move food...More
It's painful to eat. It's hot enough to strip paint. Gerald Fowler, pub owner and evil genius behind the Naga Viper, the chili pepper he is referring...More
An inmate in the Orange County (CA) jail thought he had a great strategy for forcing the sheriff to give him meals more to his liking: he claimed he was...More
Can tiny Luxembourg beat the big ol' USA at anything? Looks like they can. The data accompanying the chart at this site indicates that the people of this...More
Ever hear of the Twinkie Defense, a form of insanity plea that says a steady diet of sugary junk foods could lead to loss of control (and therefore lack...More
Oregon-based artist has done something so simple that it's a wonder no one else thought of it before. He has decided to paint portraits of every American...More
When Just Desserts last visited the Heart Attack Grill (January 2007 issue), we noted the Chandler, AZ, restaurant's madcap flaunting of mainstream nutritional...More
Tipping is the price of pride. It is what one American is willing to pay to induce another American to acknowledge inferiority. from The Itching Palm:...More
As of mid-October, the Happy Meal purchased on April 10 of this year by Manhattan artist Sally Davies continues to show no signs of decay (though consumption...More
KFC has run afowl of the PC police with a recent promotion for its Double Down sandwich product. The promo involves having young women distribute coupons...More
Trademark law can be a tricky thing. On the one hand, you want to protect unique business practices from being ripped off by competitors. On the other...More
I ordered chicken nuggets and they don't have chicken nuggets. That's just one of the called in to 911 in Broward County, FL, where, apparently, nearly...More
The Texas State Fair has yielded its share of bizarre deep-fried concoctions over the years (fried Coke, guacamole, lattes). This year, the fair's gift...More
They may not be as cheesy as used car commercials, or as infantile as ads for beer, but commercials for fast food chains have their oddball moments, as...More
Vincent Van Gogh, who lived and died in poverty, might have rued the food waste but probably would have appreciated the artistic ambition of students...More
It's one thing to be such a burger fanatic that you pay UPS $120 to deliver two In-n-Out Double Double burgers to your house, a house that is located...More
These down times for the commercial foodservice industry are frustrating everyone, even thieves. According to a recent article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,...More
South Korean authorities are cracking down on the sale of snake soup in restaurants, reports the AFP. Now there's a law enforcement problem we bet no...More
The importance of a recognizable brand to sell a region cannot be underestimated look at how many people go to Scotland because of the whiskey or how...More
Until recently, a man dubbed the Grim Eater had been haunting funerals in New Zealand, chowing down on the food served to mourners. He even brought his...More
As if failing to even qualify for the second round of the recently concluded World Cup soccer tournament after a huge buildup wasn't enough, the French...More