Herb Peterson, the McMastermind behind the Egg McMuffin, died last week at the age of 89. The egg-cellent treat has been curing hangovers and serious morning cravings since 1972 and Mr. Peterson’s genius will certainly be missed.

Though the Egg McMuffin has a place in the halls of fast food history, not every snack can be so lucky. As a junk food enthusiast and resident gross food researcher, here are my Top 3 Fast Food Flubs.

#3 – Tacos at Burger King (2002)

In a word, they were disgusting. For some reason, the King decided to make a trip south of the border and added 50 cent tacos to their dollar menu. They were soggy, poorly seasoned, used American cheese and the beef may have been horse…or vomit. I don’t know who quarterbacked that decision in the Burger King boardroom but I hope they were sent packing. Better question, I don’t know why I wasted a hard earned dollar from my high school wallet to try them out.

#2 - KFC Famous Chicken Bowls (2006) Read More »

If you’re like most young adults, drinking is a definite element involved in your social life. And while there are a lot of fun aspects to drinking, there are a lot of bad things that come with it as well. You know: hangovers, mistakes, liver damage, and…(drum roll)…munchies from HELL.

For some reason, no matter how healthy I eat through out the day, everything is out the window once I’m drunk. I congratulate myself for being soooo healthy most of the time and yet I tell myself (and my friends with me) this whenever I’m wasted:

“I’m HUNGRY! I want PIZZA! Or…wings! Oh wait…a BACON CHEESEBURGER!”

This is certainly an innocent enough habit to pick up if you don’t drink regularly. However, as my college years went on, my nights of partying have become more frequent. And while I haven’t gained any weight, I’m lucky I didn’t!

Battling the urge to binge while drunk takes more self discipline than you likely can tap into while under the influence. BUT, it can be done.

Here’s how: Read More »

Does the food at your cafeteria suck? Want to make some extra cash? Can you cook candied olive crumble with fish, braised short ribs with scallops, robiola cheese with fizzy carbonated grapes or chai ice cream with miso-sesame chocolate and powdered peach and pineapple? Didn’t think so.

Fortunately for Duke senior Bryan Zupon, who just loooves food, all this was a possibility. So, he opened a restaurant…in his dorm room.

Those Duke kids, they’re always going the extra mile. Damn overachievers.

“I don’t think that New Southern cooking has changed since the mid-’90s,” Zupon said to the New York Times. “I’d talked to a lot of big-name chefs in the area — for personal reasons and also for the newspaper — and they were so apprehensive to change. I was like, this is frustrating, so I’m just going to do my own thing and see where it takes me.”

Now I know, having grown up in North Carolina, that the state is not known for its culinary wiles. Although there aren’t any top restaurants, there are still some delicious places I look forward to eating every time I go home that could rival some of the best southern cooks out there.

Allow me to share: Read More »

 In lieu of a daily “Things That Make You Say Awwww”, here’s a story that’s way cuter than any hampster with a helmet on his head. (KSAT San Antonio)

A lesson to all college students: Beer guzzling frat boys never change. Want proof? Click the link. (11Alive.com)

Cop arrests fast food worker for making his burger too salty. Worst. Cop. Ever. (myfoxatlanta.com)

An Albainian artist has created a massive mosiac made entirely of toothpicks. Is this impressive or sad? Anyone know? (News.com.au)

Drunk and need to get home? Forget a cab…take a bar powered by pedals! Yes, this is real. (thisislondon.co.uk)

College kids definitely know what it’s like to have the munchies at 3 a.m., pass by a fast food place and feel the temptation. And as if a SuperSized soft drink wasn’t big enough to entice us, McDonald’s has recently introduced the Hugo.

42 ounces of completely unnecessary calories. 410 to be exact.

Didn’t this movie influence Micky D’s to get rid of the whole “excessive sizes thing” a few years back?

Guess the McPeeps decided that ginormous sizes were back in for good, cause the Hugo – whose name even sounds fattening, like, if Hugo was an actual person, he’d look something like this – is being sold at exclusive locations like the ones in St. Louis.

The kicker is, the Hugo is only 89 cents, so it’s been selling like crazy, thanks to the summer heat. AND you’ll soon be able to use the Hugo to wash down their new 1/3 POUND ANGUS BURGER.

American’s are getting fatter, people. Do we really need all this?

But, I guess it’s really up to the consumers out there who can choose what goes in their mouths. That’s the beauty of America – not only do we have at our disposal soda called “Hugos” and hamburgers that weigh as much as our chihuahuas, but we can either say, “No, I will NOT digest you today, fat and lard,” or “Um, Hugos and Angus? Yes please!” Read More »