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This Week In Food: Sandwich Earls, Speckled Hens, and the Cutest Damn Toaster You've Ever Seen

Thankfully, this week's food blog didn't have any gross stories to tell. I'm still creeped out every time I think of that KFC drumstick, but alas, we must move on. This week showed us some awesome things to look forward to. Let's take a look. Edwin reviewed the new Earl of Sandwich chain in Downtow ... More >>

Dunkin' Donuts Plans Expansion to Southern California

Yes, East Coast expatriates, you read that right. Dunkin' Donuts, pretty much the doughnut monopoly in the East Coast, is coming to California.According to a statement issued by CEO and Head Donuteer Nigel Travis, the huge chain is actively recruiting franchisees in SoCal, with the intent of opening ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for May 2012

It's always a good thing when I find that there are more restaurants opening than closing when I do these end-of-month reports. Restaurant closures are sad.  Anyway, on with the post. Herewith is the roll-call of stuff we wrote about and/or noticed for the month that has passed.

California's Only Dunkin Donuts Opens in Camp Pendleton

You East Coast transplants surely have heard about the Dunkin' Donuts that just opened in Camp Pendleton. It's open to the public. Though you don't have to actually have some sort of security clearance to enter the base to eat a cruller and sip a cup a' joe, there are some requirements and restricti ... More >>

Deer Tick Want You

To be politically aware, frolic in sandals (if you're a girl) and avoid Mitt Romney

McDonald's Testing Out Fresh-Baked Items to Compete With Dunkin' Donuts

​The Boston Globe has reported that McDonald's has started offering "cheese danish, two kinds of muffins, banana bread and vanilla scones" that are baked on the premises in stores in the New England area.

Krispy Kreme to Offer Healthier Fare?

Flickr User Ableman​After ill-advised over-expansion and a really ill-advised accounting scandal, Krispy Kreme is rebounding. Business Week reports that last month, the donut purveyor posted its best quarterly profit since 2004. Now it's got its sights on the likes of Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts.H ... More >>

13 Reasons Gilchrist's Push for an Arizona SB1070 Law in Rhode Island Makes Sense

​Jim Gilchrist, the Aliso Viejo founder of the Minuteman Project, sent a letter to supporters announcing the group's push to bring an "Arizona-type law" to Rhode Island."The Minuteman Project," he writes, "is going to do everything they can to proclaim Rhode Island and New England as the new fro ... More >>

31¢ Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins Wednesday, April 28

iirraa @ flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0​Want a cheap scoop of ice cream? Baskin Robbins will be having their annual 31¢ scoop night this Wednesday, April 28 from 5-10 p.m. The company will be raising money for local firefighters; certain locations will accept donations (of money, please).Unlike Ben & ... More >>

Five Great Cereals of the Past

​Cast your mind back--10, 20, 30 years (if you're old enough). Those were the days when you could get away with eating pure sugar for breakfast--or feeding it to your kids.We may laugh at these late, great bowls of fluff, but were they really that much worse than what's on the shelf today? (Cinnam ... More >>

McDonald's Coffee Update--And "Free Mocha Mondays"

Every Monday from July 13 through August 3, participating McDonald's will be handing out one complimentary reduced-size cup of hot or iced mocha per person as part of a "nationwide sampling". An estimated 10 million cups will be served over the four weeks.As for whether or not McD's attempt at corne ... More >>

Hole Lotta Freebies On National Donut Day (Today!)

For some bizarre reason, given my love of all things sweet, it somehow passed me by until right now that the first Friday of June every year is National Donut Day. Still, "better late than never" is my motto, so here's the deal(s), which run all day today at participating locations:One free donut pe ... More >>

Science vs. Monday Morning

A report arrives from the cutting edge of science, where wonders never cease.  The cutting edge is currently in Durham, North Carolina, and Dr. Robert Bohannon is busy honing it. Dr. Bohannon, according to the Associated Press, is a "molecular scientist" (the sort of impressive yet vague job t ... More >>

Just Like Rainforests in a Glass

The Little Engine Who Took His Place in the Underclass

And other new-millennium stories for American kids