Accidental Hedonist

Well if you’re the Mars Company, it means that you can cut off candy resellers from their supply of Colorworks M&M’s. What does this mean? As Cybele writes: …when it comes to smaller quantities (one pound or less), buying directly from M&Ms means at least a 20% premium. (Yes, youâ??d think buying direct would mean [...]

Langley writes in: Kate, Can you please help me build a case against drinking Coke? My husband LOVES the fizzy, sweet, goodness of it and drinks up to two cans a day. It is worth mentioning before I go any further, that overall we lead a very healthy lifestyle, so Coke is really his only [...]

How cool is this? Nick of the world renown Hot Sauce Blog has made and is selling his own brand of Hot Sauce. The kicker? All proceeds will go to charity! Over $5 from the purchase of each bottle will go to help the American Cancer Society to make a difference in the lives of [...]

Shorter Mike Johanns: “We screwed up and it was a massive screw up, but really, it’s not entirely our fault, and we never fully understood what we signed up for, and it wasn’t a food safety issue anyway.” Meanwhile, in order to reassure consumers and get Tokyo resume imports of American beef, Washington may allow [...]

Pittsburgh has a culinary tradition. I can hear some of you snickering out there, but Pittsburgh does have a food tradition. Sometimes it isn’t pretty (much like our predilection to use the word “yunz” in sentences), but it is a tradition nonetheless. Here are some of the foods that we can make claim to, or [...]

When you get a moment today, stop by Mark Tafoya’s site Remarkable Palate and give him a bit o’ the congratulations. It seems that he’s now an officially Certified Personal Chef.

Anytime you talk about food from Pittsburgh with a native Pittsburgher (Mmmm… Pittsburgher), inevitably we natives will bring up the wonderful sandwiches from Primanti Brothers. We’re annoying like that. The sandwich is a carb lovers dream, with big thick slices of bread, topped with french fries. There’s also cole slaw and then slices of deli [...]

The Michelin Guide is a series of annual guide books published. The term refers by default to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the famous Michelin stars. They use a three-star system for recommending sights: three stars, “worth the trip”; two stars, “worth a detour”; one [...]

What’s wrong with this website? A simple WHOIS can help fill out the picture a bit… Registrant: Center for Consumer Freedom 1775 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20006 US Domain Name: FISHSCAM.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: Center for Consumer Freedom ******@ConsumerFreedom.com 1775 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20006 US 202-463-7112 I’ve [...]

And now, some bits about Potatoes… Choose potatoes that are firm, smooth and fairly clean Choose potatoes that are blemish free. Avoid potatoes with green coloring, or, barring that, remove the green bits from the meat of the potato. Aviod potatoes with wrinkled or wilted skin. Avoid potatoes with soft spots or cut areas. Store [...]

As I am in the midst of doing several posts on Potatoes, I figured now was as good as time as any to discuss vodka. Of course, I was working under the assumption that potatoes made great vodka. Of course, I was working under what is known as a misapprehension. It seems that vodka cab [...]

Out of all the e-mails I get in regard to High Fructose Corn Syrup, the second most popular question asked is “why do these companies use HFCS?” The most popular question, for the record, is “Wouldn’t it be easier to create a list of products that don’t have HFCS?”, to which the answer would be [...]