Monday, December 22, 2008
Strange News from the Food Front (12/22/2008)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- Soda Subsidy New York's governor proposed a 15 percent "obeisity tax" on non-diet sodas. (New York Daily News via Crispy on the Outside)
- Food Fight For the second time in a month, a Florida man was arrested in part for throwing food at his girlfriend. (AP)
- Apple Apples A Japanese farmer puts stickers on some of his apples so they grow with Apple logos or iPod outlines. (CNET)
- Lotsa Latkes In Hanukkah news, a student ate 46 latkes - or seven pounds - to win an eating contest on Long Island. (AP)
- Legal Sweet Tooth A lawyer gets arrested for feeding a piece of candy to his shackled client in court. (AP)
- Burger Body Bath Burger King has a men's body spray that makes the wearer smell "like flame-broiled meat." Eww. (Crispy on the Outside)
- Cut-Rate Caviar Police in Milan seized 88 lbs. of smuggled caviar and are giving it to the poor. Wonder if they're also providing the blinis. (Reuters)
