The renowned restaurateur who invented General Tso’s Chicken has passed away at the ripe old age of 98. Bet you thought the General’s chicken hailed from the dynastic era! But it’s actually one of those perennial favourites on Chinese Food menus that was created just in the last century…Read More →
Looks like the Big Burger Chains are forming up in a hot-hot-hot Conga line behind the Sriracha phenomenon. Wendy’s is launching a test of it’s own Sriracha Chicken Burger in selected U.S. markets this coming Monday, with the promise of ‘all Sriracha all the time’ flavour to compete with McDonald’s…Read More →
BONUS POST: Michael Delligatti passed away at the age of 98 this week, an AP dispatch confirms. It was one huge McDonald’s menu addition that did not spring from the minds of the corporation’s brain trust in Oak Brook, IL, and it helped shove McDonald’s to the forefront of the Burger Market.Read More →
Toronto’s THP Agency, which serves the creative needs of the big food brands, has issued it’s second annual Flavours & Trends Report. The findings are intriguing but don’t really reflect the reality of most folks’ every-day lives. They will, however, either enthuse or enrage the foodie community…Read More →
My long-suffering sister and fellow Chef, Erin, asked me why I’ve been writing so many posts to this blog around McDonald’s. The answer is simple: They’re the biggest Burger Chain and the most desperate to preserve their precarious share of a market niche that’s ready to break…Read More →
Call it Chapter 37 in the Menu Madness Saga. Or, ‘Why do we need this?’ McDonald’s is selling Deep-Fried, Breaded Cheese Curd in the Cheese Capital of America, Wisconsin. But isn’t this one just a re-tread of something old and familiar, and already passé as a Bar Finger-Food staple?Read More →
A loopy lady in Japan decided to make a video about what it looks like to eat 10,000 calories of Japanese McDonald’s Food. We don.t know how long she took to eat it all, but we assume she took breaks. Still, I wondered what 10,000 calories of our McFood looks like…Read More →
I’ve been hammering the Fast Food vendors – particularly the Burger giants – about their ever-more-desperate attempts to raise their profiles above the competition and somehow grab a larger piece of the action. But I’m taking a break, today, in the spirit of the Holidays…Read More →