FriendsEAT is reporting some disturbing news:
Stock up on Slim Jims, everyone. They will be in short supply during the coming months. ConAgra, the company that makes the Slim Jim, has not produced the beef jerky treat since a Garner, North Carolina processing plant exploded last month, killing three employees. This was the [...]

Some nice beats in this. Buscemi’s always so bloody good.

Stavenhagen’s Food Pawn Shop with Steve Buscemi and Will Ferrell from Adam “Ghost Panther” McKay

You don’t wanna know…
Using a technique that identifies carbon and nitrogen isotopes in meat, co-authors A. Hope Jahren and Rebecca Kraft tried to determine the animals’ diets and in what conditions they were raised. Based on the high levels of carbon and nitrogen isotopes found in the meat products, the authors claim that the cattle [...]

This vid combines three common threads in my world: food, comedy and selling stuff. Who better to do it than Ricky Gervais?

Um, I’m sure it tastes really good, but…
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country.In a society where melons are a luxury item commonly given as gifts, the watermelon’s hefty price tag followed another jaw-dropping auction [...]

Great article in the New York Times about the costs — financial and environmental — of shipping food around the world. Well worth the read.
In the United States, FreshDirect proclaims kiwi season has expanded to “All year!” now that Italy has become the world’s leading supplier of New Zealand’s national fruit, taking over in [...]

Time to let my food freak flag fly.
My friend Malcolm from Gremolata.com has a new column in the Post about kitchen gadgets. This week, it’s the Ozitech Knife Sharpener.
I actually have this bad boy, and it’s a pretty cool tool. I just wish it worked on toothbrushes, and that I’d had it in prison.

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The post is pretty funny, but the comments are dynamite.
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I love me some wine. But this video is the most unintentionally funny nonsense I’ve seen in a long time.
Madame, your palate is impeccable, but if I could be so bold, you look like…uh, how you say…ze total retard.

Not many people know this, but as of December 12th, all food in Canada (not just pre-packaged mass produced stuff) will require nutritional labeling.
Consider this a cautionary tale:
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway’s largest erotic chain store was forced to change the labeling on products such as penis pasta, candy cuffs and chocolate body painting, to [...]