Not so sweet, not so surprising Scientists at Yale have found the “missing link” between high fructose corn syrup and type II diabetes.  Also, the average American gulps down 60 lbs of the stuff every year. Private inspections a weak defense The NY Times tell the story of a private insp...

New York’s Daily News reports that after several years of searching, the source of Manhattan’s mystery maple syrup smell has finally been tracked down to a New Jersey food additives plant processing fenugreek seeds. While we’re happy that this sweet story of phantom pancakery can f...

Lil Wayne sat down with Palin-killer Katie Couric for a Baba Wawa-style pre-Grammy interview that aired last night. Nothing earth-shattering came out of it, and Lil Wayne's charm almost made me forget the fact that his upcoming rock atrocity hangs over us all like that brown cloud near Denver. Couri...

That much-debated sweetener, high-fructose corn syrup, is going to need more than a pricey PR campaign to fix this one. After one set of scientists found mercury — yes, everyone’s favorite brain-impairing element — in almost half of commercial HFCS, another bunch of scientists decided to g...

The market for alternative sweeteners has started blossoming into quite the selection - no longer are consumers tied down to shopping at obscure health food stores or sending away bulk orders to specialty shops to find alternative ingredients, now super markets and even corner stores are following t...

Director : Jon Favreau Release Date : 7 November 2003 (USA) Genre : Comedy, Family, Fantasy Cast : Will Ferrell as Buddy, James Caan as Walter, Bob Newhart as Papa Elf, Edward Asner as Santa, Mary Steenburgen as Emily, Zooey Deschanel as Jovie, Daniel Tay as Michael, Faizon Love as Gimbel’s Ma...

so my dsl is still out.  it sucks but i'm fine using my phone for the time being. when i called verizon tech support, the computer did a line test.  while i was waiting for the line test to come back negative (it always does, there's never anything wrong with the line), the computer stopped to tel...

I recently submitted a proposal to do some social media marketing to a restaurant group here in the DC area. The group has four restaurants…three are identical in name and menu and the fourth is Tex Mex. Nice places. I’ll call the place CD. Disclosure: I work part time in one of them. An...

i’ll put on every Air album and we’ll drink a bunch of cough syrup and we can spoon and watch Quantum Leap on mute. via BONER PARTY!!!....

Chocolate Cake from the Post Punk Kitchen Recipe Section (”Rich Chocolate Cake”), with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World. Raspberry Chocolate Cupcakes, adapted from the Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World recipe. And last, but not least, from Chocolat...