McDonald’s is trying to change the way consumers think about its food, according to a recent article in The New York Times Magazine. Franchisees are renovating their stores, and the company’s marketing and social media teams are circulating stories about the farmers who supply their food and recruiting “Mom bloggers” to help build their brand. [...]
Archive for the ‘Pop Culture’ Category
McDonald’s memories and the power of childhood foods
Posted in Food News, Pop Culture, Writing, tagged chicken mcnuggets, childhood foods, food memories, grimace, McDonald's on May 15, 2012 | 5 Comments »
5 TV episodes and movies that inspire my writing
Posted in Pop Culture, Writing, tagged blogging inspiration, freaks and geeks, hoosiers, men of a certain age, rudy, vision quest, writing inspiration on May 7, 2012 | 9 Comments »
When I learned about Blogathon Theme Day #1 - “5 Movies that Have Inspired My Blogging” – I wasn’t sure I would participate. I can only think of one food blogging movie (Julie and Julia), and it’s too obvious to write about. But writing and blogging are about perseverance and never giving up and remaining committed to [...]
Spicy Maple-Cashew Popcorn for the NFL Playoffs
Posted in Baltimore, Pop Culture, Recipes, tagged game day snacks, NFL playoffs, popcorn recipes on January 14, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Inspired by this post by Three Many Cooks, I actually did ask for a Dutch oven for Christmas. I was lucky enough to get one, and I’ve been popping popcorn like crazy ever since. A couple of weeks ago I took a big bowl of this spicy maple-cashew popcorn to my grandmother’s house, where my entire family had [...]
What Endurance Athletes Eat
Posted in Pop Culture, tagged baltimore marathon, lance armstrong, michael phelps, paula radcliffe, sports nutrition, what athletes eat on October 14, 2010 | 12 Comments »
I’ve been training for the Baltimore Marathon for the last five months. I loved training for a big race again, but man, was it rough at times. The day of our longest run was unseasonably hot, about 80 degrees. I had procrastinated buying a water belt or backpack – I still don’t have one actually – [...]
Food and Art Sunday: I Am Almost Always Hungry
Posted in Pop Culture, tagged amy sillman, i am almost always hungry, pad thai, scallops, starry night, van gogh on May 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is the last post in Kenny‘s Blogathon Food and Art series. I want to say a big, big thank you to Kenny for taking over Sunday posts this month, and for showing us the connection between food and art. Take a look at his other great posts: Would You Like Some Art with Your [...]
Super Bowl XLIV: Make Food Inspired by the Players
Posted in Fun Food Bites, Pop Culture, Recipes, tagged colts, saints, super bowl recipes, super bowl XLIV on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Time for Super Bowl Sunday! Those of us in the Northeast will likely be snowed in, watching the game with our spouses or kids or roommates. But for those of you who aren’t expecting a storm, or who are hosting a Super Bowl party anyway, I’ve put together a list of recipe ideas inspired by [...]
5 Food Network Chocolate Shows This Weekend
Posted in Fun Food Bites, Pop Culture, tagged bobby flay, chocolate, chocolate videos, emeril lagasse, food network, giada de laurentiis, ina garten, nigella lawson on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
February 2011 Update The Food Network has many videos about chocolate for Valentine’s Day, from holding a chocolate tasting to making chocolate truffles and hearts. Flip through the videos here. For a long, long, long time I was single on Valentine’s Day. In fact, I was single about 90% of the year or more. So [...]
6 Food Movies You Should Watch
Posted in Fun Food Bites, Pop Culture, Travel, tagged big night, food inc., gwyneth paltrow, king corn, mario batali, mark bittman, mondovino, spain...on the road again, stanley tucci, tampopo, tony shalhoub on January 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The title of this post is slightly misleading. I’m recommending six food movies, some fictional, some documentaries, and I haven’t seem any of them. But I want to see all of them (and many were recommended on a Chowhound forum so I’m not telling you to watch these completely blindly). Extras bonus: Netflix subscribers can watch the first [...]
What the Baltimore Ravens Eat
Posted in Baltimore, Fun Food Bites, Pop Culture, tagged baltimore ravens, baltimore ravens food, billy cundiff, ed reed, joe flacco, ray lewis, ray rice on January 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Happy Purple Friday! Think the Ravens can exorcise their demons and beat Indy on Saturday? Let’s hope so! To get excited for the game, I wanted to do a post on the Ravens. However, because this a food blog, I have to connect the two – Ravens and eating. So here we are, talking about [...]
Top Chef Season 6 Finale
Posted in Fun Food Bites, Pop Culture, tagged top chef bryan restaurant, top chef finale, top chef las vegas, volt restaurant maryland on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the finale of Top Chef tonight! I think this could be the best one in six seasons. The final three have been dominating consistently so the person who wins has been showing they deserve it for weeks. So will it be Kevin, Bryan, or Michael V.?
