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Sept. 8th - Come Drink - Lava Lounge

dan — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:25:27 -0700

After less than a month of furious planning, the reddit community, reddit and FoodProof are hoping you will come and meet our two lucky winners of 30 days of travel on jetblue: draynen and 77or88. Date: Tuesday September 8th Time: 7pm - Closing Location: Lava Lounge 527 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.lavasf.com/ If you had not yet heard about this whole endeavor, please learn about it starting on the reddit blog here. Please come to this event and ...

FoodProof is Sponsoring the Reddit Jetblue Travel extravaganza!

dan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:44:36 -0700

FoodProof is sponsoring the reddit Jetblue travel extravaganza! What is it? Well, Jetblue announced some time ago that they had a new offer in which you pay 600 bucks and can fly to their destinations unlimited for a month. After some banter in the depths of reddit, a few redditors (hiS_oWn and Saydrah) rallied a bunch of other redditors here and then here, set up a place to donate money in hopes to send one lucky redditor on a crazed, bacon infused, North America vacation.&nbs ...

What is a Cocktail?

dan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:43:20 -0700

The earliest known definition of a cocktail: "Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters ? it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said, also to be of great use to a Democratic candidate: because a person, having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow anything else." -- Balance an ...

Cadbury Cream Egg Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

dan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:32:34 -0700

In the theme of Easter we thought it would be a fun experiment to make some chocolate cupcakes with a Cadbury Cream Egg center. This was an experiment as we had never seen it done, nor did we have any experience making such a thing. Below is our photo journal through the process. (click the photos for full size) Step One: Fill cupcake shells halfway with cupcake batter and place eggs in Photo by gwen Step Two: Cover eggs with batter Phot ...

The Banana Club - Bananas

dan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:55:15 -0700

I came across this website for The Banana Club and figured it deserved more than just your average link post. I guess this guy really loves bananas. He has a museum for bananas and appears to live and breathe bananas. They had a video on their site which I would just embed, but they only have it in downloadable wmv format, so I uploaded it here ... maybe they will embed it in their site. Anyway, check out their site, I'll put the address at the bottom here, someone should ...

I'm calling on you, FoodProofers. Simple Things!

dan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:29:42 -0800

Mct and I have had a discussion running for years now about the importance of simple things in life. Simple things keep you grounded, they are the things that fill 5 minutes here and there and make your day tolerable. For me, simple things usually come in the form of food. Candy, soda, etc. etc. I am also always curious as to what other people find simple and pleasing. So, please, if you are reading this ... contribute! If your favorite simple thing is m&ms, fi ...

Jello Metropolis - San Francisco Bay Area

dan — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:35:21 -0800

Maybe this is old news, but I came across this artist Liz Hickok who went through obviously many hours of work creating San Francisco in Jello. Here are a few of the shots, but check out the full series. Great work. Coit Tower - San Francisco Bay Bridge City Hall - San Francisco San Francisco City Landscape

Vintage Instant Coffee Advertisements

dan — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:03:20 -0800

Recently Starbucks announced that they would start selling instant coffee. I've been thinking about this trying to figure out why they would do this and I have to believe that they simply don't have any concern for quality and are just trying to compete with the drive-thru McDonald's coffee. Regardless, it's been a while since instant coffee was anything to talk about and this seems to have sparked some interest in the nostalgia that is instant coffee. Here are a number of vint ...

Radiology Art - Food Geekery

dan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:49:22 -0800

Someone who has access to a CT scan (and mcdonalds apparently) decided to do some high quality scans of food. Pretty cool. CT scan of a big mac sandwich CT scan of chicken nuggets CT scan of a filet of fish CT scan of a swansons hungry man dinner For more check out this incredible site

When Fruits And Vegetables Are In Season

dan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:38:33 -0800

For the past few months I have been looking for something I can print and put on the fridge to reference when planning grocery trips. The purpose is to let me know what fruits and vegetables I should look for. Seasonality in food is something everybody should pay attention to. Not only is the food better tasting, but it is generally cheaper. So, after a few months of not finding anything, I finally decided to put together my own list and share it with the FoodProof community. ...

Maldives Underwater Restaurant

dan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:09:53 -0800

I could get with this.

Mo's Bacon Candy Bar Review

dan — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:17:09 -0800

A few weeks ago my boss was kind enough to think of me when he saw a Mo's Bacon Candy Bar at a store. He bought it, and brought it to me the next day knowing that I would be curious and excited enough to give it a go. Needless to say I was excited and curious. I didn't exactly know what to do with it so I left it on the counter for about a week while I tried to figure out the best way to consume it. I considered melting it and putting it on top of some ice cream, but that seem ...

Food Geekery - Cakes

dan — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:55:50 -0800

I am a geek, for sure. I like food as we all know. I have been keeping a list of some links I like for food geekery. I think there are a number of different types of food geekery: One comes in the form of Alton Brown and his seemingly immense food knowledge, the other comes in the form of the output of the cooking (or baking). Here are a few photos of true, food geekery. I am going to try and make this a column about food geekery, would love other people to contribu ...

One Lonely Calorie - Pepsi Max Advertisement Series

dan — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:15:05 -0800

The Chicken Dance Video

dan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:11:16 -0800

In the spirit of non food related chicken posts, I have to post the chicken dance video from arrested development. If you dont find this funny you either: A. Are not human B. Haven't seen the series and need to promptly order the dvds and watch it.

Why Did the Chicken Cross The road?

dan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:37:12 -0800

Here is a list of answers to the age old joke, why did the chicken cross the road. From famous people, of course. Plato: For the greater good. Aristotle: To fulfill its nature on the other side. Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability. Machiavelli: So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whom among them has the strength to contend with such a paragon ...

Burger with 15 Extra Bacon

dan — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:08:04 -0800

Seems that a person went into a burger king and ordered a burger with 15 extra helpings of bacon. Found this here, kinda gross but you have to admire the bacon dedication. The Receipt: The Burger:

Atheist Holiday Food

dan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:21:11 -0800

Every year about this time I struggle a bit due to my upbringing (christian) and my status as a devout atheist. As many atheists I have a lot of great memories of the holidays and especially christmas. In essence, christmas is no longer a christian holiday, it was long ago taken over by Hallmark and Walmart, but still, it has the word Christ in it which makes me a bit uncomfortable. One of my favorite parts of the holidays has always been the food. I am constantly looking for ...

Moon Cakes - The Full Moon Collection

dan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:14:02 -0700

I found this Chinese website which of course I cant read but it has a few pictures of of a gourmet delicacy. I think this is better than the German hamburger in a can. I bet they taste good also. Enjoy! "The Full Moon Collection" And a different view:

Apple Use Chart

dan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:39:53 -0700

Here is a handy chart I found for some different types of apples and what they are good or bad for. VarietyFlavor, Texture Fresh & Salads PieSauce Baking (Whole) Red DeliciousSweet, Crisp Excellent FairFair Poor Golden DeliciousSweet, Tender Very GoodExcellent Very GoodVery Good Granny SmithTart, Crisp Very GoodVery Good Very GoodFair JonathanModerately Tart, Tender Very GoodVery Good Very GoodGood Rome BeautySlightly Tart, Firm GoodGood GoodExcellent WinesapSl ...