Thursday, the 6th of June
Coke’s Personalized Bottle Campaign Sparks Customer Backlash
The company launched a new campaign in Europe, Israel and other locations that allows fans to “Share a Coke,” personalized with the name of a friend. That is, assuming that friend has one of the 150 most popular names in the country where they live. [read more]
Watch Powdered Milk Explode in Slow Motion
Whoever cried over spilled milk obviously never witnessed an awesome explosion of powdered milk. [read more]
Breakfast Around The World: Healthy Ideas From Abroad
We’ve looked at what doctors eat, what health editors eat … even what celebrities eat when trying to set a healthful tone for their days. But recently, as we planned our summer vacations, we got to thinking: What health lessons can we take from traditional breakfasts around the world? [read more]
Ice in six out of ten restaurants has more bacteria than water from toilets
The ice served in six out of ten of Britain’s most popular high street restaurants contains more bacteria than the water found in their toilets, an investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found.
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Wednesday, the 5th of June
Diet Soda’s Effect On Teeth Terrifyingly Similar To Effects Of Meth, Crack Cocaine [Images]
Diet soda can have the same effect on your tooth enamel as methamphetamine or crack cocaine use — and it’s not pretty. [read more]
The 10 Most Misleading Food Health Claims
The 10 most misleading food health claims, from “all-natural” to “fat-free.” [read more]
Bloem gets a Boeing 737 eatery
Turning an old plane into a top of the range restaurant takes guts and wits but to a Bloemfontein businessman, this is a story of passion. [read more]
KFC Opens In Mongolia As The Nation’s First Ever Western Fast Food Chain
Mongolia, a land once synonymous with isolation and rural hardship, is at the beginning of a transformation. Newly tapped mines beneath the Gobi desert and elsewhere, rich in copper, coal and gold, have resulted in a surge of wealth that has brought electricity, cars and now, the nation’s first Western fast food chain: KFC. [read more]
Tuesday, the 4th of June
30 Itty-Bitty Foods That Look Good Enough To Eat [Images]
But you CAN’T because they’re FAKE and also the size of a QUARTER [read more]
Slow Time Cafe In Wiesbaden, Germany Charges For Time Instead Of Coffee
When customers enter the cafe, they are given a wristband with the time, and charged €2.00 (about $2.59), which covers the first half hour. Then, they are charged €0.05 per minute ($0.06), or €3.00 per hour ($3.88). They are allowed to have as much coffee as they want, and can bring in their own food. [read more]
Newly released wines to commemorate the Star Trek series
A team of wine industry insiders will allow you “to boldly go where no one has gone before” with the release of collectible wines to commemorate the Star Trek series’ nearly fifty years of greatness. A limited 1701 cases of wine have been produced, all of which are available for sale exclusively on Vinport.com. [read more]
Beckham and Ramsay to open restaurant
David Beckham and Gordon Ramsay are opening a restaurant in Las Vegas together. [read more]
Monday, the 3rd of June
Yes, this does exist – Caffeinated Sugar
Caffeinated products in the marketplace have been making quite the splash lately, worrying the FDA in the process. Now the trend heads to your kitchen with ThinkGeek’s “Jacked Up Caffeinated Baking Sugar.” [read more]
An Australian national has been arrested for biting off part of a waiter’s finger
An Australian national has been arrested in Serbia for biting off part of a waiter’s finger in an argument, police said on Saturday.
Food traded for votes in Zimbabwe
Various meetings are recorded here, in which both Zimbabwe’s main parties Zanu-PF and the MDC use the promise of farming supplies to loyal and often desperate supporters in a bid to secure votes in the scheduled elections in July. [read more]
No one goes to McDonald’s for the salads.l
Who actually buys McDonald’s salads? It’s a question many of us have asked ourselves. The answer, you may have guessed, is just about no one. [read more]
