Pizza Hut has a history of trying strange and occasionally wonderful new product ideas overseas, and importing the ones that work to the United States. The Hot Dog Bites pizza made the cut for the U.S. menu; unfortunately, a seafood pizza with a crust stuffed with cream cheese and flying fish roe didn’t make it across the Pacific from Hong Kong. The latest import from international Huts is the Triple Treat Box, a three-level cardboard dresser full of food. [More]
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Make Your Own Peanut Butter Eggs At Home
By 4.17.14
The Reese’s seasonal peanut butter cup empire is now a year-round operation with hearts, pumpkins, and even footballs, but it all began with the humble peanut butter egg. What you might not know is that you can make this confection in your very own home, with ingredients that aren’t very hard to find. [More]
ATM Gobbles Up Customer's Deposit, Bank Employees Shrug
By 11.10.11
$376 isn’t a lot of money compared to the amounts that flow through banks on a daily basis. But it is a lot of money to reader Craig, who deposited that amount of cash on Monday at a BBVA Compass ATM. The machine gobbled up his money during the deposit, and no one is quite sure where the cash went. It’s not in his account, he knows that much. [More]
Maker of Yummy Vat-Grown Fungus Sued Over "Dangerous Reactions"
By 9.17.09
The food-safety watchdogs at the Center for Science in the Public Interest report that an Arizona woman is suing the makers of Quorn, a meat substitute made from vat-grown fungus. According to the CPSI, the company does not disclose “the fact that some people have serious allergic reactions to the main ingredient in its Quorn line of meat substitutes.” The lead plaintiff in the class-action suit, Kathy Cardinale, says that she became violently ill when eating Quorn’s Chik’n Patties. “I felt like the soles of my feet were going to come out of my mouth, I was vomiting so hard,” she said.
By 8.13.09
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Don’t Just Start Randomly Shoving Aspirin In Your Face Aspirin has been getting a lot of good press lately, but please, don’t just start eating it like candy. Talk to your doctor first. Nom, nom, nom. [NYT] (Photo:and parsecs to go)
Actual Appearance Of Domino's Pasta Bread Bowl Melts Expectations
By 7.22.09
Oh, it’s easy to make fun of the bread bowl pasta that Domino’s introduced a few months ago. And we certainly did. But no matter how much you like carbs, this product’s gap between advertised image and actual appearance is a little….melted.
Make, Serve, And Preserve Your Own Homemade Ice Cream
By 7.18.09
Ice cream makers may not be worthless pieces of junk, but they’re not absolutely necessary, either. Check out this most delicious roundup of ice cream-related tips and projects from Lifehacker. Make your own ice cream in a plastic bag, keep your store-bought ice cream fresh, learn new scooping techniques, and turn strange-colored liquid medicine into a tasty hangover cure. And more!
Free Food From Pizza Hut Via Twitter And Facebook
By 6.25.09
The new Pizza Hut social media intern has her first assignment, and it’s to give out codes for free stuffed pizza rolls to the company’s followers on Twitter and Facebook. Let’s hope they’ve planned ahead better than KFC did. [Mashable] (Thanks, David!)
Hey, Who Took A Bite Out Of My Cheeseburger?
By 6.16.09
Jesus and his family stopped at the drive-thru window of a newly opened Sonic in Wilkes-Barre, Penn. on their way home from a shopping trip. When they got home and opened their bags, Jesus noticed something weird about his bacon cheeseburger. Part of it was missing.
Bizarre Pet Products: Feces-Eating Prevention Pills
By 5.15.09
One of the problems with dog ownership* is having to reconcile the concepts of “best friend” and “eats her own poop.” My late cocker spaniel, Lady, treated the front lawn as her personal snack bar, and was particularly fond of the gifts the local rabbits left there for her. I never realized that there were products designed specifically to stop this behavior.
Starbucks New Healthy Breakfast Tasted, Opinions Formed
By 9.5.08
Starbucks bravely asked us to try their new…
Starbucks New "Perfect Oatmeal" Loved By Cat
By 9.4.08
Starbucks delivered their new “healthy choices”…
