Monday, December 03, 2007
Strange News from the Food Front (12/3/07)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- Parents Kidnap Daughter To Prevent Wedding Two parents in Utah kidnapped their 20-year-old daughter to prevent her marrying someone they thought was "evil and wicked." To say nothing of the cost of paying for the ceremony. But they did have to pay $2000 for a meal that had to get called off. (AP)
- Expensive Pizzeria Toilet The missing part of a 17th century cabinet worth £1m has been found outside the toilets of a pizza restaurant in Yorkshire. I want to know when they will start serving the gold leaf pie. (The Statesman)
- Now That's Service ... Service ... Service ... A robot with soft hands was able to help someone out of bed and to prepare breakfast. Time to add another fundamental law of robotics: don't break the yolks. (Reuters)
- Big Like Moose People interested in trying to try eating moose will be able to dine in one - a planned giant wooden moose, about 540 miles north of Stockholm, that will have a restaurant and concert hall in its stomach. Where is an ancient walled Greek city when you need one? (AP)
- Step Away From The Pizza Police used a battering ram to force their way into an apartment and arrest a woman who allegedly took food from a pizza delivery person without paying. Hey, if they wanted a slice, why didn't they just ask? (AP)
- The Eggrolls Were How Much? Relatives of an elderly woman who left $21 million to the owners of a Chinese restaurant are challenging the will in court. That must have been really good garlic chicken. (International Herald Tribune)
- Big Truffle Brings Big Price A 3.3 pound truffle sold for $330,000 at auction. Hardly a frugal fungus. (Reuters)
