In an interesting turn of events, after the unfortunate unveiling of Chef Robert Irvine’s exxagerated culinary resume and ultimate dismissal from The Food Network and his hit show “Dinner Impossible”, it has been made public that he will be making a triumphant return to the popular program. After hosting the show for four straight seasons, Irvine was succeeded by Iron Chef Michael Symon. There are no specifics as of yet regarding the reasons behind this changeup, but starting in March of 2009, we will begin to see Robert Irvine’s hulk-like culinary presence on The Food Network once again! (Thx AP)

I’ve always been interested in Burger King’s advertising campaigns. The King is one of the most revered  and notable fast food mascots in the game, and with this new guerrilla-style advertising, Burger King has littered the streets of Chicago with upwards of 5,000 abandoned wallets. Each wallet contains actual cash, ranging from $1 bills, to $100 bills, a gift card to Burger King, a driver’s license featuring The King and a map to all the local area Burger King restaurants. There have been reports that this campaign is not limited to the Chicago area, we will keep our ear to the streets if we discover this popping up elsewhere (make sure to e-mail us if you find one!). (Thx SoGood)

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Papa John’s pizza is doing some serious giving back to their fans this Thanksgiving season. For anyone who becomes a “fan” of the official Papa John’s Facebook page will get an online redemption code for a free medium pizza with any online order. If you were one of the 10,000 hungry people who were fans before this deal broke, don’t sweat it, you guys get the same hookup. From Papa J’s V.P. of Marketing Jim Ensign:

“For our customers who already love Papa John’s, a free pizza is simply our way of saying thank you for their loyalty. And for those people who aren’t as familiar with Papa John’s and our belief that better ingredients make a better pizza, we invite them to see – and taste – the difference with this special offer.”

Wendy’s is making an appeal to some classy palates with their new Gourmet Mushroom Swissburger. You can get your gourmet on with 1/4 lb. of fresh, never frozen beef, real Swiss Cheese, hickory smoked bacon, peppercorn sauce, lettuce and ripe red tomato. Only available for a limited time so hop over to Wendy’s if you hankerin’ for some ritzy burger love.

Today’s food news is truly hit-or-miss. With these “Dress for Dinner” napkins, 3-ply paper napkins never looked so good. Use them over an awkward dinner to break the ice, or simply use them for attempted giggles over the holidays. This wacky product is again made available by the fun people over at TheSpoonSisters.

Ever been at a dinner party surrounded by all of Hollywood’s finest, only to have Steven Speilberg approach you, stick out his hand to greet you with a handshake, and you attempt to juggle all of your food into one hand to meet his greeting? OK, neither have I, but I definitely could have used something last week at my aunt’s house.  These trademarked FINGERFOOD party plates fit snug on your finger just like a ring, and allow you to juggle your glass of champagne and any sort of bacon wrapped fiasco you could dream of. For about 10 dollars you can get a pack of 10 reusable plates. Available at TheSpoonSisters.

With the Holidays in full swing (Thanksgiving is next week y’all!), it’s no doubt that one of the most popular gifts you can bring to a dinner party is that nice (or Thrifty) bottle of wine. Of course, with every bottle of wine personal delivery, you run into a personal inner dilemma of how to properly and safely transport your prized gift. Pictured above, you see the Bottlewise Wine Bag using a patent-pending protection system that lets it user safely pack two 750 ml bottles compactly inside checked luggage using special padded liquid-tight Bot’lpaks. Not only is the bag functional, you don’t look like a tool when you rock it! Check out more styles and variations at the BottleWise website!

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Party cups with different species of noses painted on the outside. Time to party? Time to party! Pick up your 24 pack at the Spoon Sisters website today!

We definitely slept on these ornaments, and I must preface, I believe at the moment they are all sold out. But what you are looking at are bacon ornaments that have been glittered and embellished with a creamy white vintage seam binding bow. Each piece is backed with a vintage a book page and the set of six comes ready to hang with an attached hook! (Thx Etsy/JeaKnee)