Food and Drink

This will not end well:

Love Italian, love Mexican, but this just isn't right:

I had just finished writing about unlikely combinations--mashed potatoes and rice, cheddar and pickes--unlikely at least to me, when I came across this New York Times article about Spaghetti Tacos, another unlikely pair.

Just outrageous:

INDIANAPOLIS -- The owners of a cookie shop that has operated for more than two decades at the Indianapolis City Market could face eviction.

But it's the reason behind that possible eviction that is raising provocative questions that pit the rights and moral beliefs of a business owner against the obligation of the city to do all it can to prevent discrimination and encourage tolerance.

One of those ideas that sound simple and obvious -- after somebody thinks of it:

Standing in the vacant kitchen of the former Azar's former corporate headquarters, the executive director of Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana conjures images of mounds of sweet corn and bushels of green beans.

Insane lawsuit of the day:

A Northlake woman sued McDonald's in Cook County Circuit Court today claiming that her daughter was seriously burned in 2009 when a hot chocolate she ordered from the fast-food giant spilled and seriously burned her leg.

This is a historic milestone we probably should not let pass without note:

Hey, this ain't gonna be just a bar that serves food, you know, one of those joints where people wash down cheap, greasy grub with too much liquor, then throw up in the parking lot, pee on other people's cars and make so much noise the neighbors lose their minds. No sir, this will be a classy place:

We hve a national crisis on our hands, and hardly anybody is paying attention:

U.S. packaged coffee maker J.M. Smucker Co (SJM.N) on Tuesday sharply raised prices for its well-known brands including Folgers, passing along the impact of a fund-led rally in benchmark futures markets.

The increase by an average of 9 percent was the biggest widespread rise in years . . .

Get the big, bad government out of my big, fat life. Not much chance of that, if first lady Michelle Obama has her way. She wants Washington to take an even bigger role in freeing parents from that pesky job of being responsible for their children's food:

Enough with the Afghan leak frivolity and Journolist humdrummery. Let's talk about something important: Yodels or Devil Dogs?

So, with little delay, I decided to buy a box of Yodels and a box of Devil Dogs. I thought it would be fun for the kids to try one of my childhood treats.

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