Vittles for the Week: Poodle Show, Top Chef Burger Boy, and Happy Coffee Cup

Caffeine Contentment

Wakey-wakey!: First-place winner of Buzzfeed's contest "Cutest Thing That's a Thing Contest"

Via: Buzzfeed

Byproduct of Bi-polar Disorder: Man overcomes mental disorder through art. 

Via: Juxtapoz

 Fine Dining Between Two Buns:  An article about former Top Chef contestant, Richard Blaise and his burger joint based in Atlanta.  Next time I'm down South, I will have to stop by his place. The fries sound amazing.

Via: QSR Magazine

Peeps Lip Balm? 

Via: Seriouseats.com

Avocado Fries:  Gotta try this. 

Via: The Village Voice

Poodle Culinary Wiz: Cooking with Dog, a Japanese cooking show on Youtube!

Enjoy!

Vittles for the Week: Naked Peeps, Grilled Cheese and $12K

Eco-friendly and a Supreme Space-Saving Grocery Bag: Let's save the world!
Via: NYTimes

Slimy looking soup that makes you thin.

Super-lame Copy Cat: This is What Makes You Thin--I much prefer looking at pics that are bad for you.
Via: Twitter

Yummy looking sandwich that makes you fat.

Yummy: Mind Blowing Grilled Cheese--Delish.
Via: Food 2

$12K Doughnut: Dunkin' Donuts hosts a contest to create their next donut

Via: Dunkin Donuts and Food2

Naked Peeps: Odd Picture, no?

Via: Buzzfeed

Chicago Tribune

Why I Must Move to Paris for a Month: New York versus Parisian Dining
Via: NyTimes.com

The Best Cuts: Ribs Revealed --Wish there were pics for each cut.
Via: Saveur.com

Enjoy!

Vittles for the Week: Big Food, Food Fights, and Whole Foods

The McSurf 'n Turf: This should be the universal sign for blood-curdling indigestion. Findings like this fast-food monstrosity have secured a book deal for the bloggers of the site, This is Why You're Fat.

Via: This is Why You're Fat
The Harper Studio

Food: The Enemy of the People? A new report explores the comparisons between Big Tobacco and Big Food.
Via: The Atlantic

Food Fight! The people versus mass-produced food.
Via: The New York Times

Why Whole Foods Sorta Sucks: A man gets canned for "stealing" a tuna fish sandwich.
Via: Gothamist

PEACE!!!!! A man writes out his resignation on a huge-ass sheet cake. Better to read than eat. Blergh!
Via: Telegraph.co.uk
Enjoy!

Vittles for the Week: Cake Pops, Pig Problems, Slow Food, and the Best Burger in NYC

Food related links from the interweb...

PRECIOUS! How to Make Cake Pops: What a charming idea for a dessert! Looks pretty easy to make too...
Via: Apartment Therapy and Bakerella

A Pig Problem: 2 Commentary pieces (Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health, and Pathogens in our Pork) by Nicolas Kristof detailing the health risks that Americans may encounter because of the overuse of antibiotics on livestock. "Seventy percent of all antibiotics in the United States go to healthy livestock, according to a careful study by the Union of Concerned Scientists — and that’s one reason we’re seeing the rise of pathogens that defy antibiotics."
Via: The New York Times

Alice Waters and Slow Food: She seems slightly affected, but her accomplishments are commendable.

Via: CBS Videos Online

BLIND New York Hamburger Taste-test: Not sure if I agree with the results...
Via: Always Hungry.com

Cheap Chow: Another restaurant guide for the budget conscious. Will be hitting some of these places soon.

Via: Three Buck Bites

Was there an actual General Tso?: A very speedy and articulate explanation of the origins and evolution of Chinese food in America. This came out a few months ago, but I stumbled across it this week, so fascinating I had to share...
Via: Ted.com

Vittles for the Week: Lambrusco, Top Chef, Hamburger Fun!

Drink: Lambrusco is back in, less cloyingly sweet with a drier finish. Wonderful treat, if you aren't in the mood for something heavy. I've seen Lambrusco pop up on menus such at Per Bacco, Gusto, and Roberta's (Bushwick). Via Tasting Table

Diversion: More Top Chef Nonsense, a preview of Season 6's chef-testants. Via Eater

Impulse Shopping: Aren't hamburgers the cutest? Especially when they vacuum up table crumbs! Via Gizmodo

Local Shopping: A list of the Greenmarkets and Farmer's Markets in New York State
Via New York State of Agriculture


Off-the Menu Fast Food: Off- the menu hamburgers that aren't so cute--The McGang-Bang.
Via Eat Me Daily

Co-op Cooking: I like the time-saving aspects and potential variety of meals over the course of a week, but sitting and eating together seems like a drag on agoraphobic days. Zip-locking should be an option. Via Bitten Blog; Also See Ethicurean

Recession Deals: Cheap eats! Looking for deals in New York?
Via Gothamist