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Guys, Here are the 10 Worst Food-related Gifts for Mother’s Day

May 10, 2012 // 8:50 pm

Mother’s Day is a toughie for us men. According to our female counterparts, there are plenty of time-tested gifts to get those special mothers in our life…but very rarely do we have an organized list of things not to get.

Until today.

I hate to be that pessimistic guide who…

Will This Burger Making Robot Change the Food Service Industry Forever?

May 4, 2012 // 12:02 pm

Science fiction has always positioned the idea that one day our human jobs would be replaced by machines. For those working in burger assembly lines, that day might be sooner than you think.

Introducing a machine that makes burgers. Literally, it’s a burger making machine, in prototype, that takes unprepared…

Food-related Valentine’s Day Stories, Because Cupid Was a Chubby Baby

February 14, 2012 // 12:00 am

The demographic for those who celebrate Valentine’s Day. Some will swoon at the thought of spending the day with their loved ones and potential love interests, the others will preach singles awareness day. For us, February 14th, we’re looking for ways to eat right…and as a result, here are…

Do You Write Food Reviews On Your Finished Plate? Maybe You Should Start.

January 22, 2012 // 5:31 pm

This is the story of a girl who finishes meals at her restaurant and instead of running home to her computer and type-scribbling a review on Yelp, inks her thoughts out on the very plate she was just served off of.

It’s a novel idea, one that ends up…

YELPing Back — “Burn in hell,” Says Notable Chef to One of His Customers

January 16, 2012 // 2:44 pm

One of the more recent features YELP has implemented involves the ability for business owners to respond to their reviews, whether positive or negative. Obviously, this is opening the floodgates for extremely boring and politically-correct communication between consumer and producer…am I right? Right…..wrong. Let’s jump into…

Top 10 Food and Drink Stories of the Year

December 15, 2011 // 12:06 am

Popeye’s Dip’n Chickn? McDonald’s Rolo McFlurry? Blooming Flower Pot Cake? Do any of these ring a bell or have anything in common?

If you’re a hardcore Foodbeast follower, chances are it’s all old news. But if you haven’t got a clue, according to the most…

BRAWL: Food Trucks vs. Restaurants

December 2, 2011 // 9:08 am

Local restaurants throughout many cities have voiced concern over the expansion of food trucks in their community. Quick service food trucks “stealing” customers threaten traditional brick and mortar restaurants, and in an attempt to level the playing field, they are asking city legislators to toughen…

50 States, 50 Awesome Places to Eat Pie

November 30, 2011 // 5:52 pm

Pie lovers rejoice! December 1st, for some, is National Pie Day – what a better way to celebrate than taking a virtual road trip across the good ol’ U, S, of A to appreciate all the delicious pies in every state? Of course nothing beats the…