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Here's Bobby Valentine Lovingly Wiping Crumbs Off Tommy Lasorda's Mouth
Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda recently got out of the hospital in time to attend Game 3 of the NLCS. He’s at Game 5 tonight, sitting next to Bobby Valentine, who was nice enough to assist him with a stray bit of food....
How To Make Half-Smoke Chili And Take A Decade Off Your Life<em></em><em></em>
This week’s episode of Foodspin takes us to the fabled (and somewhat controversial) Ben’s Chili Bowl, which has been an institution here in Washington, D.C. for nearly 60 years. There, Burneko and I discover the wonders of the Ben’s half-smoke, which is a big fucking sausage smothered in chili and o...
We Have Made Food Porn For You, The Hungry People
Whoa, hey look at that … it’s a Foodspin TV show. That’s right, folks: Albert Burneko and I and the crack Deadspin video team have made our very own food porn, in which we go across the country to watch master chefs cook their signature dishes, then try to cook our own versions of those dishes and f...
Big Boy Jim Harbaugh Enjoys Huge Glass Of Milk With Large Steak<em></em>
“Would you like a drink to pair with your hunk of steak?” “Yes, can I see your two percent list?”...
Let's Use Science To Make Some Paneer, The Most Versatile Cheese Of All
You know what’s a mostly stupid way to spend a day? Making tofu. Man, what a drag....
Chobani Sucks
Just now, I was walking through Union Square and got a free promotional Noosa™ Yogurt, a tasty treat. And what did I get from Chobani? Nothing. Fuck Chobani....
Cool New Tailgate Delicacy: Deep Fried Helmet
The Texas A&M Aggies face the South Carolina Gamecocks on the road this weekend, but the psychological battle between fanbases has already been won. Aggies blog TexAgs published a video this afternoon that I can only describe as culinarily harrowing. As you can see above, they deep fried a Gamecocks...
Let's Make Some Minestrone, And Accept Autumn Like Grown-Ups
Shit, man. Autumn is officially here. Life sucks now....
How To Poach An Egg In The Microwave And Plan Your Lunches All Week
In case anyone is keeping track, I should note that this will be the last Lunchbox for a little while. We’re going on a hiatus that will test my ability to eat anything other than cheesy popcorn for lunch without the accountability of a blog post. Rather than go out with a sophisticated—and complica...
How To Skewer And Cook A Meat Dick
Listen. We are going to form and skewer and grill and eat meat dicks. There’s just no way of obscuring this, so let’s deal with it right here and now....
Food Blogger Apparently Sold Soul To Devil
Just like me and you, Mimi Thorisson is a food blogger. So why is her life so fucking crazy?...
These Three Burger Sauces Will Make Almost Any Patty Palatable This Labor Day
Don’t let anyone serve you burgers as unsettlingly floppy as the reheated deli patties very good Deadspin writer Nick Martin and I ate on camera earlier this week. Any respectable Labor Day party will be hosted somewhere with an actual heat source (preferably a charcoal grill; gas grills are largely...
Do Violence To A Chicken And Eat Like Royalty All Week<em></em>
Both of my parents are talented, dedicated cooks with demanding law careers. This means that in order to feed themselves and their four kids homemade dinners during the week, they were, without ever calling it that, masters of meal planning. Huge swatches of the weekends were spent on intricate reci...
How To Plan Your Lunches And Avoid Cooking All Week
You would think a single AC unit would be sufficient for cooling the sort of diminutive New York City one-bedroom for which I am currently overpaying. But, alas, despite racking up what is sure to be a reprehensibly reckless utilities bill, it’s still at least a billion degrees in my apartment this ...
Dealing With The Shit That Comes With Celiac Disease
Orange is not the recommended color for shit....
Instead of Milk, Try Yogurt
Breakfast cereals. Good, right? Instead of milk upon your cereal, try this: ...
Catch A Fish, Butcher It, And Make Some Crudo
It’s easy to fall into a summertime pattern of eating tacos and kabobs and barbecue on a three-day rotation, because those are delicious things to eat and they are best eaten in summer. Broadly speaking, this is doing summer right. Enjoy your tacos! Enjoy your kabobs! Enjoy your barbecue, so long as...
Which Kid Foods Still Hold Up For Adults?
What makes kids food kid foods? Is it a malleable set-up that encourages children to play with their crackers and pasta? Or, perhaps, it’s brightly-colored packaging with the contents within written out into burst shapes. Certainly, the market has trended toward healthier options as of late, but the...