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• The World's Strongest Beer

  If whisky puts hair on your chest, I'm not quite sure what will happen if you try this powerful brew. Scottish brewery BrewDog in Fraserburgh, near Aberdeen, has unleashed Tactical Nuclear Penguin on an unsuspecting beer-drinking world. The beer's 32% Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:59 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Beer, drinking, Joanne Camas, News & Gossip

• Truffles, Oysters, Wine, Chocolate - Delicious Events!

  Enjoy day trips and the finer foods? Here, a sampling of events slated for this week. What's happening where you live? California: 19th Annual Zinfandel Festival (Jan. 28-30) Colorado: 12th Annual Master Chef Classic (Jan. 28-30) Florida: Key West Food Read More... Posted Friday, January 29, 2010 7:46 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Travel, Eating out, drinking, eat local, Joanne Camas, News & Gossip, Family Fare, food and drink

• Neolithic Boozers

  I always think Neolithic man had it rough, what with the drafty caves and being forced to chase down breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but it turns out he (and she) had some comfort: mead. The University of Pennsylvania Museum's Dr. Patrick McGovern discovered Read More... Posted Monday, January 04, 2010 10:03 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: drinking, Tanya Wenman Steel, News & Gossip

• Contemporary Comestibles Quiz: A Fond Farewell (for Now)

  There's a chance this may be my last post on Epi-Log. A surfeit of other projects lately has meant I haven't been able to dedicate the amount of time I like to for each piece here, and the folks at Epicurious have been gracious enough to let me take some Read More... Posted Thursday, December 31, 2009 2:00 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Breakfast, Candy, Recipes, Cocktails, Wine, Travel, Beer, Spirits, Chocolate, Trends, Meat, Snacks, Fruit, tv, drinking, cooking, Farming, Coffee, chefs, quiz, Pizza, movies, epicurious, History, Reflections, Wacky, Weblogs, Obsessions, games, film, Travels, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Budgets, music, Top 10 Lists, Law and Politics, Music and Sound, Q&A, Taste Tests, Current Affairs

• Food News Round-Up: Cheezborger, Cheezborger!

  Happy 75th, Billy Goat Tavern! Arguably the most famous bar/restaurant in Chicago, the Billy Goat Tavern turns 75. Take that, Cubs! (I admit it: I'm biased toward the White Sox.) Is McDonald's New Ad Wicked ... or Wicked? Does an Illinois-based megachain Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:01 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, Cocktails, Science, Wine, Beer, Spirits, holidays, Trends, television, tv, drinking, Coffee, menus, gadgets, History, Wacky, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Law and Politics, Science & Technology, Current Affairs

• Food News Round-Up: Having Your Pie and Eating It, Too

  Eating Humble Pie: A cough-syrup-in-the-gravy scandal? Furor over a switch from soft Wigan pies to a crustier kind from another British town? Just another year in the annual world meat-pie-eating contest in England. (The winner ate an entire pie in 35.86 Read More... Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:59 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, Beer, Seafood, television, tv, kids, gifts, drinking, green, gadgets, Pizza, pie, food safety, products, Wacky, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Law and Politics, Science & Technology, Current Affairs

• How Champagne Gets Its Flavor, and Why the Right Glass Matters

  According to a new BBC report about Champagne, most of the flavor in bubbly comes from...the bubbles. There are up to 30 times more flavor-enhancing chemicals in the bubbles than in the rest of the drink, according to research cited in the article. "Wine Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:30 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Wine, drinking, Megan O. Steintrager, News & Gossip

• Scotch, Whisky, Rye, and Other Last-Minute Father's Day Gifts

  There are two types of booze-loving dads: Those who long ago established a favorite drink (and couldn't care less about how Sherry affects the Scotch aging process) and those eager to taste something new (but which might cost more than a meal for four). Read More... Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 8:22 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: holidays, gifts, drinking, Giving, James Oliver Cury, News & Gossip

• Contemporary Comestibles Quiz: Crying Over Spilt Coffee

  1. How much money did a Sacramento-area deli owner lose when two con-men pulled off a scam involving a cup of coffee? a. $1 b. $60 c. $60,000 d. Nothing 2. Thanks to the criticism of a government watchdog, prisoners in Oregon can no longer expect as much Read More... Posted Friday, May 15, 2009 6:31 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, Breakfast, Dessert, Vegan, kids, drinking, Coffee, quiz, menus, products, History, Wacky, charity, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Budgets, Law and Politics, Science & Technology, Beverages & Soft Drinks, food and drink, Current Affairs

• Tequila Bottles, Books, and Bars

  You know that tequila must be trendy when Justin Timberlake comes out with his own bottle of the stuff. The ex-Mouseketeer is behind the launch of the new brand called 901 (as in "no matter where or when you experience the tequila, it's always 9:01"). Read More... Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:30 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Books, drinking, James Oliver Cury, News & Gossip

• Food News Round-Up: That's a Lotta Flapjacks

  Hope they remembered the maple syrup: A charity breakfast event hosted by Batter Blaster in Atlanta hopes to break a world record with 70,000 free pancakes on Saturday, from 9 am to 5 pm in Centennial Olympic Park (my advice: follow the smell of butter Read More... Posted Friday, May 08, 2009 12:01 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Chicken, Breakfast, Eating out, Beer, television, tv, drinking, Coffee, chefs, quiz, movies, History, Wacky, charity, hunger, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Beverages & Soft Drinks, food and drink, Current Affairs

• Contemporary Comestibles Quiz: The McDonald's Diet

  1. San Diego's Doug Logeais claims to have lost 15 lbs. in a month by eating only at McDonald's. Which of the following wasn't one of his typical daily meals? a. breakfast burrito with sausage and eggs b. grilled-chicken snack wrap c. Chicken McNuggets Read More... Posted Friday, April 24, 2009 5:49 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, Chicken, Baking, Beer, Seafood, ice cream, Meat, cakes, kids, drinking, chefs, quiz, healthy, menus, art, food safety, diets, History, Wacky, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Law and Politics

• Food News Round-Up: Booze in the Air

  Domino's pranksters fall: A pair of nasty-minded Domino's workers who videotaped one of them stuffing the pizzeria's cheese up his nose and putting his mucus on sandwiches have been identified by the blogosphere and arrested. Another point for YouTube Read More... Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 6:33 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, Breakfast, Cocktails, Eating out, Beer, Spirits, Seafood, drinking, Farming, healthy, green, Pizza, food safety, History, Wacky, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Budgets, Top 10 Lists, Law and Politics

• That Wine Flush May Be More Serious Than You Thought

  Do you get flushed after you drink a glass of wine or pint of beer? It might be more than something to be embarrassed about. It may be something to be worried about, as The New York Times reports. According to researchers, there's a link between people Read More... Posted Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:17 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Wine, Beer, Spirits, drinking, healthy, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Science & Technology

• Choose Your Own Foodventure

  If you were anywhere from 7 to 10 between 1979 and 1998, you know what to do. If not, don't worry. You'll figure it out. 1. Another Monday morning, another day at the office. To make things worse, your boss had asked you to come in to work an hour early, Read More... Posted Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:48 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Restaurants, Breakfast, Recipes, Beer, Snacks, tv, drinking, Coffee, chefs, quiz, food safety, epicurious, Wacky, News & Gossip, Michael Y. Park, Top 10 Lists, Law and Politics