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KFC Corporation

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    KFC Uses Rain Forest Wood For Chicken Buckets, Greenpeace Claims

    It's no secret that PETA is no friend of KFC's. And now, the fried chicken purveyor has angered the people at Greenpeace, too. The organization has recently alleged that The Colonel has been using wood harvested from Indonesia's rain forest for the paper in its signature chicken buckets. Along with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Eat This Now: Meal for 2 at Chicken Box

    When a restaurant has been around so long, putting out consistently great food the entire time, it's easy for us food writers to forget as we're off searching for the next best thing.That's the whole point of this column, of course, but it's especially so when it comes to Chicken Box, tucked way up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot Opens In Irvine

    You may not know it, but Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot is big in China. KFC big. When you're there you're liable to see the cute mascot as part of the urban landscape as you are likely to see the Golden Arches and the Colonel. There is about 450 restaurants in China with 22 more overseas, including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Draw Something Selling Branded Words Like KFC and Doritos

    Like me, you may be one of the millions who got hooked on Draw Something. But as reports surface that the game is actually losing users at a rapid rate, did you know that Zynga, the company that owns the game, have started selling branded words like KFC and Doritos to reap more revenues?

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    KFC in Thailand Issues Apology After Tsunami Facebook Update

    There are times when it would be appropriate for a fast food chicken restaurant like KFC to remind people to pick up a bucket of chicken on a Facebook update. Sometime this Friday, April 20th, when certain segments of the population will get the munchies, for instance, would be quite opportune--and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Warning! KFC's Double Down Has Mutated and Is Invading Canada!

    ​Just when you think that the salt-lick-posing-as-food-item KFC called the Double Down was down and out in our continent (it's still big in Japan), the company has announced that their infamous bunless chicken "sandwich" has mutated into hybrid creature called the "Zinger Double Down."

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Presenting This Year's Crop of New Burger Joints: More Umami, Another The Counter, And BurgerFi

    ​We're still living in a burger Renaissance folks. As you may recall, the past few years saw a surge of new burger joints, some came from highfalutin gourmets chefs (think Joseph Mahon's Burger Parlor, Charlie Palmer's DG Burger, and Marcus Samuellson's MarcBurger), some came from the In-N-Out-lev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    17-Year-Old Woman Has Lived on Chicken McNuggets Diet for Past 15 Years, Or: How I Started Developing a New Onomonopeia for Vomiting

    ​ I'm not going to lie. I enjoy the occasional trip to McDonald's. Whenever I'm feeling particularly unhealthy, I can polish off a 20 piece and fries on my own, no problem. What Stacey Irvine's been doing for the past 15 years, though? Hukkeughhh (That's attempt number one).

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Run Away Japan! KFC's Double-Down Is Headed Straight For You!

    ​The Japanese have blessed our food landscape by introducing us to sushi and ramen. We, in turn, set them up with McDonald's and all its fatty fast food kin. Now, KFC is unleashing their notorious Double Down upon the Japanese public next week.

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Chicken McBites: The Golden Arches' Answer to Popcorn Chicken

    ​Obviously not a revelation, more of an "about time" moment, R & D at McDonald's has gotten around to offering yet another version of their chicken-y protein. Granted, they did scoop their Kentucky competition of the coveted nugget niche (who eats a box of 50, anyway?!) back in the day. Waitin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Japan's New Christmas Tradition: KFC

    ​CNN has a curious story out today: it seems that the Japanese, for reasons that remain kind of dubious, have adopted eating KFC as part of their Christmas tradition.Yes, when we think of Christmas, we think ham and turkey with all the trimmings. The Japanese think Extra Tasty Crispy. The article ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2011

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  • Food

    November 3, 2011

    Jollibee in Anaheim Is the Reason for the Season

    What to eat and expect at the Filipino fast-food giant's first OC store

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    India's Middle Class Getting Fatter Thanks To Western Fast Food

    ​As India's middle class grows, so does their waistlines, says a fascinating article on News24 and other outlets. The culprit according to the article? McDonald's and KFC of course. The fast food giants, along with their kin Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, are said to be making inroads there and they're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Five Musical Moments in the NBA Off-Season

    After this year's dramatic NBA season, basketball fans may have to wait a long time before the league's owners and players agree to a new collective bargaining deal. The off-season normally allows fans to speculate over player trades and retirements, but given the current lockout, they'll have to se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Canadians About to Make their Nation's Batch of 2 Million KFC Double Downs Extinct

    ​In further proof that our neighbors to the North really just want to be Americans with better hockey teams (Vancouver and Toronto notwithstanding, although the former did have those silly hockey riots) comes news that Canadians have consumed nearly two million of KFC's infamous Double Down sandwi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    KFC Celebrates National Fried Chicken Day With SoCal Special

    KFC website​Have you gotten your fill of All-American fare yet? Hot dogs, hamburgers, apple pie, indigestion, etc.? If you haven't, well, this deep-fried bargain has your name all over it.TODAY is National Fried Chicken Day, and the Kentucky Fried family is looking to draw your artery-clogged self ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Dueling Dishes: Korean Fried Chicken

    Edwin GoeiBBQ Chicken's chicken​This week on Dueling Dishes, we compare and contrast the golden fried birds from BBQ Chicken versus that from Pizza & Chicken Love Letter, the two preeminent Korean fried chicken chains in Orange County. Why these two? Well because they're also the only the tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Taco Bell to Invade Southeast Asia?

    ​Will the spread of Mexican food across the world ever cease? No.Will Taco Bell be there every step of the way to act as the gateway drug and make billions?Damn straight. Details after the jump!

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    This Week in Food: Douche-y Restaurant Owners, Taco Bell's Ancestral Birthplace, and Disneyland's Candy Canes!

    Flickr user psflannery​As ustedes prepare your Christmas dinners, amuse yourself during the downtime by looking at the insanity we wrote about this past week!

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Jollibee: A Reflection of Our Fast-Food Selves

    Edwin GoeiJollibee in Cerritos​With the announcement that Jollibee is slated to replace Chris & Pitts in Anaheim came a few xenophobic comments, not just here, but on other blogs. The irony, of course, is that Jollibee is more American than Filipino. Take a gander at the menu and it's as if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    In Japan, It's Not a Christmas Goose the Masses Want--It's KFC Chicken

    ​KFC is the sister brand of Irvine-based Taco Bell, so this: ABC News reports that the company is the preferred Christmas dinner of choice in Japan. According to the network, the tradition started 40 years ago, when KFC was one of the few American brands in the island nation, and hungry Americans ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Amanda Russell, Long Beach Poly Senior, Wins $20,000 from KFC for a Tweet!

    Flickr user Ollie Crafoord​In the Department of Participating in Every Zany Contest Fast-Food Chains Offer comes this news: a Long Beach Poly senior won a $20,000 college scholarship from KFC for the best tweet expressing how the chain would help the student better their lives.Amanda Russell didn' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Dress Like Colonel Sanders the Best, Win Free KFC Doublicious Sandwiches for Life!

    Flickr user Jacob...K​The headline tells the story, folks. KFC is running a contest (details here) looking for the person who can pull off Colonel Harland Sanders the best. Winner gets whatever that Doublicious sandwich is. "Colonel Sanders in his iconic white suit is one of the most enduring imag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    A Sign of Good Things To Come? Or Not?

    Photo by Craig Medici​Sometimes a sign can say it all. The photo above was taken by our friend Craig, who has been quietly observing the remodel of China Palace in Newport Beach on PCH for months. 

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Carl's Jr. Opens in Indonesia; Something Indonesian Opens Here

    Image from Google Maps Gustavo told me recently he heard news that Carl's Jr. opened its first franchise in Indonesia this month. And then on the same day, in a sort of bizarre cosmic coincidence, I got word a new Indonesian grocery store opened in Fullerton. In a bit of food quid pro quo, OC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    CNN: KFC's Double Down Fails To Take Off

    Dave Lieberman​Even as food bloggers and food journalists alike piled onto the hype that was KFC's Double Down, CNN Money is reporting this week that the bunless sandwich is a dodo, flightless and most likely doomed to extinction.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    East Coast Chain Introduces A Sandwich With Two Sandwiches as Bun

    Friendlys.com​This is not a joke.  Behold what the success of KFC's Double Down has wrought. As an obvious escalation of the fast food gimmickry that is KFC's bunless sandwich, an east coast chain called Friendly's has introduced a so-called "Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt", wherein two gril ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Five Ways to Redeem a KFC Double Down

    As you may know, the Double Down, initially supposed to be a limited run, has been extended. Yes, that's right, they sold enough of these sandwiches to warrant extending the run. I blame the media and our single-minded quest to produce the snarkiest article about this waste of meat. (Look how meta I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    This Week in Food

    Flickr user daves cupboardMmm.​Yeah, that's right. You're looking at a hot mess of cheese, bacon and some sort of sauce sandwiched between two batter-fried chicken fillets. Find out how this went down with Dave and catch up on more of this week's food news after the jump!

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    KFC's Double Down: Is There A Cardiologist In The House?

    Yes, that's right. I put my cardiac health on the line today. I drove to the KFC on Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove, steeled my nerves, crossed myself, walked in and ordered a Double Down. Let no one say I never take one for the team.Dave LiebermanNote to the KFC in Garden Grove: the kids in this p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    City of Orange Ready to Take a Grilling

    One local lifts a leg to KFC's fire-hydrant promotion.​Orange's mayor says the city might consider an offer to put images of Colonel Sanders and KFC buckets on fire hydrants around town.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Top Five Food Scenes In TV Sitcoms

    Food as a theme is pervasive on TV these days, and not just the obvious examples of Food Network and all those shows from Ramsay to Richman. I'm talking about sitcoms that have also used food as either a main story arc or just an amusing aside about our love, obsession, and need to eat. And no, I do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Fast Food Safer Than School Lunches

    Picture from Dead Homer Society​So by now you've heard that USA Today published an expose that revealed the meat bought by the USDA for use in school lunches wouldn't pass quality standards at Burger King or McDonald's.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    PETA to Send Giant Chicken to Santa Ana

    Courtesy of PETALet's hope their signs are bigger tomorrow. Harbor has a 40 mph speed limit.​If you're going to be driving in the area of Harbor and McFadden tomorrow, Wednesday, December 9, from noon to 1 p.m., be aware that there will be a person in a chicken suit protesting McDonald's chicken s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2009

    Taco Bell Crime of the Week!

    I twice wrote thoughtful meditations on the nature of passing counterfeit money, but both went down in MT hell. So, no intro other than young folk in Delaware must be desperate or bored out of their box for trying to pass fake bills at a Taco Bell...An 18-year-old Middletown man was charged with pas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    $1 Chicken Meal Coupon at Boston Market (with Mashed Potato & Cornbread)

    ​It ain't free KFC or El Pollo Loco, but it's only a $1...what the hell else do ya want?And yes, this is legit -- not one of those hoax coupons that's plagued the Internet in the past.Here is THE LINK.  Print it out.  Use it before November 1st, because practically free chicken doesn't l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    TMI? Frighteningly Fattening Fast Food

    Time magazine has revealed a list of the top ten worst fast-food meals. "Worst", in this case, meaning the highest in calories, fat or sodium. Everything from salads to shakes, sold by everyone from Applebee's to KFC, makes the grade. Topping the bill is Outback Steakhouse's Aussie Cheese Fries, wei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Nobody Does Ringtones Like KFC

    Just when you think you've heard it all, along comes a crazy person from Holland with waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands (and presumably waaaaaaaaaaay too much pot in their hands).Check out KFC's Dutch website: and click on Chicken Impossible. It's the whole theme tune, from start to finish. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    KFC Lays On Free Grilled Chicken Just For Us! (Hurry: One Deal Applies Today--Tomorrow It's El Pollo Loco)

    Yes, that's right. Not only is the whole country being offered a free piece of Kentucky Grilled Chicken today (Monday, April 27, aka UNFry Day), but Southern Californians are also benefitting from a further deal: buy an eight-piece or larger KFC meal from May 4 to May 31 and you'll receive four free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    It's Official: This Recession May Make You Fat

    Today is Mardi Gras (aka Fat Tuesday), so it's fitting that I'm writing about how unhealthy we're becoming as a nation - indeed, as a planet. According to the Guardian, the number of new cases of diabetes being diagnosed in the UK is growing at a faster rate than in the US. Now that is depressing. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    KFC Workers Use Sink to Bathe

    I don't know where to start with this story I saw in the USA Today.  I think it's best to just give you the headline.  It goes like this: "More fast food workers think it's a good idea to bathe in kitchen sink". "MORE fast food workers"?  Was this a trend people were already a ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 3, 2008

    Trendzilla

    Bad idea: the high-heeled sneaker

  • Culture

    April 27, 2006

    Where Is the Kitsch?

    Art of Advertising takes on Style of Country Musicand loses

  • Music

    April 20, 2006

    Faceless Shreds, Secret Sorrow

    Buckethead returns from the mountaintop

  • Unknown

    October 6, 2005

    BCD Tofu

    Buckethead returns from the mountaintop

  • Food

    April 28, 2005

    This Week in Bread

    Buckethead returns from the mountaintop

  • Columns

    February 13, 2003

    Exit Strategies

    Never get into waror romancewithout noting the exits

  • Columns

    May 9, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Never get into waror romancewithout noting the exits

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