Dominique Zamora

The Multiple Personalities of Coffee [INFOGRAPHIC]

May 22, 2013 // 8:00 am

AKA The Barista’s Guide to Pretentiously Judging Your Customers More Than You Already Do

Around 8:45 a.m. on a weekday, the line at the Starbucks next to our office is at least 15 people deep, mostly business types in their smart suits and police officers with their holsters hanging…

So Apparently Nutella Hates Free Publicity, Issues Cease and Desist to Founder of ‘World Nutella Day’

May 22, 2013 // 6:00 am

Okay guys, this whole “Nutella” thing has gone far enough. Nutella Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls, Nutella S’more Pulls, Nutella Thieves? Who asked you all to like this stuff so much anyway? Not Ferrero, the parent company behind the sweet hazelnut chocolate spread, apparently. They don’t even…

Taco Bell Testing New Fiery Chicken Cool Ranch DLT

May 21, 2013 // 2:46 pm

Most restaurants know when a product’s flavor profile might be too bold for the average palate. And then there’s Taco Bell.

Now on test at select locations in Southern California, the new Fiery Chicken Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco is the latest crazy edition to T-Bell’s ever-growing DLT line.…

Today I Learned: SPAM Is a Portmanteau of ‘Spiced Ham’

May 21, 2013 // 12:45 pm

Go ahead and call me an idiot. What kind of food blogger am I. How could I have possibly have gone 22 years without knowing that SPAM wasn’t just a nifty piece of branding wordsmithery, but that it actually stood for something? Something good and real and, albeit dubiously,…

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Ice Cream [INFOGRAPHICS]

May 17, 2013 // 6:00 am

For being the go-to summertime treat, it’s a little odd to think about how very little we know about ice cream. Like, how much exercise does it take to burn off a single bowl of a bacon sundae? Or when exactly does “ice cream” stop being “ice cream”…