The world has become a new place, wine vending machines rolled out in Pennsylvania this week. All you have to do is have your photo taken to be matched with your state ID, and blow into the machine so they can be sure you’re not already drunk.. though why that should stop you buying more [...]

Can pizza be healthy, is it part of a balanced diet. One man answers all our questions by going on a 30 day pizza only diet. Southern California seems the return of the milkman.. Finally looking like the milkman jokes will make sense again *grins* That amazing British ingredient, Lyles Golden Syrup, has undergone a [...]

It’s Fourth of July weekend, everyone’s out celebrating, fireworks and bbqs a-plenty.Fete and Feast has a survival guide, with recipes and ideas to help you along. Epicurious has their favourite chilled foods to help you survive the summer weather. Way Out West, Austin, has a list of events happening this weekend in the area, and [...]

Once again a WTF moment from Japan, they are good that those! This is an advert for sushi. The Supreme Court lifted a ban on Monday on genetically modified alfalfa to mixed opinions. While the University of Sheffield (UK) is trying to develop a new rice plant that will have a higher yield. More beef [...]

If you hadn’t noticed there’s a rather large sporting event going on right now. We’re not into sports at all here at CC, but found a beer version of the World Cup which seemed far more preferable. A beer has been picked to represent each country taking part, and paired up (for round one at [...]

We started the week with pictorial recipes. There are two sites that came to my attention, They Draw and Cook where artists submit the recipes, and there are some beautiful recipes there. The second site, Recipe Look, anyone can submit to. While a lovely idea, there’s some….. interesting pictures. The bacon sandwich leaves rather a [...]

Don’t forget! Today is National Donut Day and a couple chains are giving away free donuts today! First, lets start with a WTF moment. May I present, Cooking With Dog. A Japanese cooking show hosted by Francis, the dog in the title. Who, quite frankly, spends the entire show looking rather bored. He’s assisted by [...]

Starting the week on a non food related post (cue gasps of horror) I saw this piece in the Times about how Austin made the writer love America. Some more lawsuits this week. Austin’s own Hey Cupcake had a disagreement with an Indiana bakery, and Hershey’s think a pan sold by Williams-Sonoma is too much [...]

Serious Eats gives us the best start to the day with 5 ways you can have chocolate for breakfast. Subway attempts to tell other restaurants that only they are allowed to use the term “Footlong,” The Rambling Epicure had an interesting piece this week on food photography. While there was some research that shows Austinites [...]