Last night on Food Network's "Iron Chef" Chicago's Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill & Topolobampo, went down hard to Bobby Flay of New Yawk in what many consider to be questionable judging. The secret ingedient for this episode was buffalo, and everyone knows Bayless can cook him some buffalo. Chicagoist for one, was hoping to "see Bayless wipe the floor with Flay's pompous ass." Sadly, it didn't happen that way. …
Wine Generously Poured Into Highly Palatable Film
Sideways, the new film from Alexander Payne, won several Golden Globes last night. I'll leave the artistic judgments to more qualified voices, but allow me to point out how well this film markets wine, and specifically Santa Barbara County wineries like Firestone, Foxen, Fess Parker and Kalyra. Actually, the lead character Miles, an ornery oenophile, disdains Fess Parker, but he adores the others. Fox Searchlight …
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Nice New Caddy Sweetens The Deal
A 2006 Cadillac DTS will be sworn into service this week to chauffeur President Bush in his second inaugural parade. The '06 DTS replaces a 2001 Cadillac DeVille President Bush had been using. While boasting that the front end of the presidential limo gives the public its first look at the design adopted for the consumer version of the new DTS sedan that comes out this fall, Cadillac offered few other specifics. The …
Cool Hunters Petition Adidas To Release Retro Shoe
from USA Today: The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, which stars Bill Murray as a dissolute deep-sea explorer searching for a jaguar shark, may be slowly sinking on the box-office charts. But an avid coterie of filmgoers are on a quest for the footwear equivalent of Zissou's elusive prey: the nifty Adidas-brand blue-and-aqua-striped training shoes sported by the oceanographer's team. Shortly after the movie opened …
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Heinz Says Naked Chef Full Of Beans
from Scotsman.com: A war of words has broken out between Jamie Oliver and the makers of Heinz baked beans. The celebrity chef caused a stir when he charged …
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Beer Titans Battle For Legendary Canadian Brand
Forbes: Yesterday Adolph Coors said it would offer an additional $1.81 per share, or 6%, to Molson shareholders in order to head off growing resistance and a rival offer from SABMiller. Though the Molson shareholder is now getting a better than "equal" deal, no one seems to be toasting their good fortune. Though Coors sells a lot more beer than Molson, Molson has traditionally been more profitable, and it is the …
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Germans Take An Interest In “The Greening Of America”
from USA TODAY: Smart, the Mercedes-Benz mini-car brand that evolved from a 1993 joint venture with watchmaker Swatch, definitely will launch a small four-seater in the USA in September 2006, but it might decide to sell one of its toy-like two-seaters here even before that, according to Smart CEO Ulrich Walker. The U.S.-bound Formore isn't displayed at the Detroit auto show, however, because Walker says it doesn't …
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Maybe Markets Are Getting Smarter
from Promo Magazine: The "Let Them Eat Cake" sweepstakes, which supports the recent launch of Baskin-Robbins ice cream cake treats and the upcoming world premiere of The History Channel's The French Revolution, puts a new twist on Marie Antoinette's infamous statement, "Let them eat cake." Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Consumers can log onto History.com/frenchrevolution to enter the sweeps. The grand-prize …
