It is no secret why French coffee sucks. It is because instead of brewing it properly they use the instant variety. But if you ask a Frenchmen about this, he will most likely reply that real French don’t drink “weak American-style coffee,” they drink espresso. The Nescafe Instant Coffee in every store, he’ll say, is [...]
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KFC Double Down Sandwich ad [video]
We only have to wait one more day until the Double Down Sandwich is launched. Here is the latest ad to get you excited.
The KFC Double Down is coming soon!
It is real.
KFC announced that its much anticipated new offering, the Double Down Sandwich, is going to be rolled out nationwide. In less than a week! Holy shit! Mark your calendars!
KFC has a helpful countdown clock to help you keep track of how munch longer you’ll be waiting for this bad boy (unfortunately, it is not embeddable). [...]
How would a soda tax affect Big Gulps?
7-Eleven’s Big Gulps and Super Big Gulps are one of the great things about America. And judging by the number of hits this site gets from people searching for information about them, they are something that Americans—or the small subset of Americans who wind up visiting this blog—really care about.
Of course the great thing about [...]
The beef jerky cocktail
Time has an amazing slideshow of meat-based cocktails. It is pretty remarkable. Here is the recipe for a beef jerky-based drink appropriately called The Butcher.
Created by Eugene Shaw, Comme Ça, Los Angeles
•1 strip beef jerky
•1/4 oz. honey syrup
•2 oz. aged rum
•1 orange peel
•dash of whiskey bitters
Soak beef jerky in aged rum for 30 minutes.
Stir infused rum, honey syrup and [...]
Sarkozy’s special espresso machine
I am a big Nicolas Sarkozy fan, but demanding that Columbia University procure a special espresso machine to make his pre-lecture coffee is a bit much.
The New York Post has the details:
Carla Bruni isn’t the only thing Nicolas Sarkozy likes hot and Italian — the French president demanded a special espresso machine when he visited [...]
Soda companies show a united front [ads]
At my high school, the senior class was given the Coke machine as a fundraising tool. Seniors were responsible for paying the Coke supplier and keeping the machine stocked. As compensation, they got to keep all of the profits for the class.
Needless to say it was a gold mine–even at a small school with only [...]
Value eating with calorie counts [fast food]
One of the many little goodies inside the new health care bill is that chain restaurants nationwide will have to start displaying calorie counts on menus. The new regulation will apply to restaurants with more than 20 locations. Health advocates hope that giving consumers calorie information will “nudge” them into lower-calorie options at the local [...]
Marketing to Americans [travel]
Conrad Hilton was a visionary.
Not only did he build one of the world’s most famous hotel chains, but he also understood that the best way to make Paris and other European cities more appealing was, well, to make his hotels there more like America. This meant installing two things: air conditioning and steakhouses.
After all, just because you’re [...]
