TODAY'S BEST MIX » Food

Get Your Fresh On at UMD Market Day in the Plaza

Laura Peterson — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:26:41 +0000

It’s the best time of year to get your fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers, baked goods, and enjoy great art and entertainment when the farmers markets pop up around the region. If you’re looking for a Wednesday afternoon market stop, you can check out UMD Market Day in the Plaza on the UMD campus. UMD [...]

5 Father's Day Gift Ideas For the Carnivorous Dad

GuySpeed Editors — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:23:51 +0000

It’s just days away, and if you’re like us, you’re stumped about what to get your pops for Father’s Day. Ugly polo shirts wrinkle and fade, and no dad has ever actually cracked the spine on a book called 101 Great Grill Recipes. So what do all dudes love? Meat. We scoured the internet to [...]

Easy Homemade Fresh Salsa Recipe

Laura Peterson — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:34:07 +0000

I’m going to a party tonight that doesn’t involve kiddie treat bags full of annoying noisemakers, toys that send you to the E.R. when you step on them barefoot, and sticky candy. Yay for grown up time! To celebrate this outing, I made some FRESH and EASY salsa. By hand. And it’s awesome. Here’s the [...]

Goofiest Invention Ever: The Hands Free Burger Holder [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:42:56 +0000

If you are someone who likes to eat and drive, or be on the go while you eat, you wish you could have one of these sweet burger holders. Burger King in Puerto Rico was celebrating their 50th Anniversary and a few lucky customers were awarded the Burger King hands free Whopper holder. How awesome [...]

Doug E. Fresh Teaches Dr. Oz How to Rap [SLIGHTLY AWKWARD VIDEO]

Laura Peterson — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:54:01 +0000

Everyone’s favorite TV doctor, Dr. Oz, is featured on Jordin Spark’s new song “Everybody,” which is about getting healthy, watching what you eat and exercising. So in the video, Oz drops his own verses with Dr. Olajide Williams, who is also known as “The Hip Hop Doc.” Take a look at this behind-the-scenes video, where [...]

Man Slices Whole Watermelon In Less Than 30 Seconds [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:04:38 +0000

As summer hopefully will appear in the Northland at some point, many of us enjoy some cool refreshing watermelon, and I am calling up this guy! Matt Jones is a master slicer and he has taken his technique to the next level with the watermelon challenge. I have watched this video at least 5 times [...]

Mall of America Releases Thousands of Ladybugs to Save the Plants and Trees Inside the Mall

Jeanne Ryan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:43:56 +0000

The Mall of America in all it’s massiveness, is also home to more than 30,000 live plants including some trees, and Aphids which could destroy them, are on the attack! In order to protect all the greenery inside the mall they have unleashed over 70,000 lady bugs to take care of these pests, and to [...]

Man From Jeanne Ryans Hometown Cut Off From All You Can Eat Fish Fry

Jeanne Ryan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:25:55 +0000

Home Sweet Home in Mequon Wisconsin, located 15 minutes North of downtown Milwaukee. A great place to grow up, and where Friday nights Fish Frys are very popular, especially for one very hungry resident. Chucks Place in Thiensville Wisconsin, which happens to be right next to the town of Mequon ,is the home of a [...]

What Does Your Zip Code Code Say About You?

Jeanne Ryan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:27:39 +0000

Your zip code is big business in the hands of marketing companies, and makes up what they think they know about you. Have you noticed that a trend within the last year or two is certain stores asking you what your zip code is? Most of us realize it is for marketing purposes and not [...]

Hungry? Check Out Eat Downtown-Duluth Restaurant Week!

Laura Peterson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:21:21 +0000

Now through April 21st, you can check out delicious food at a great price as part of Eat Downtown-Duluth Restaurant Week. It's a fantastic way to grab lunch with friends, or have a date night out. Local restaurants have multi-coursed, pre-fixed price menus that are worth every penny! Lunches are available for $10 and Dinner will be offered at $20.

Average U.S. Family Throws Away 20 Pounds of Food a Month

Jeanne Ryan — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:55:45 +0000

What an alarming statistic, 20 pounds of food in the garbage for a family of four, in hindsight I shutter at how much my family tosses each month. According to a new study, we Americans are very wasteful, which for a family of four adds up to about $2,000 a year. We are a family [...]

Mike and Ike Back Together and With New Flavors and a New Look [VIDEO]

Laura Peterson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:41:26 +0000

Last year, I brought you the story of Mike and Ike's break up. Creative differences drove them apart. Mike went on to pursue music, and Ike to pursue art. We can stop taking sides now!

Finally, a New Energy Bar That You Can Share With Your Dog

Jeanne Ryan — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:28:50 +0000

Funny name, but delicious treat to give you and mans best friend a Yaff Energy Bar. I know I for one was always hoping that I could sample one of our dogs treats and enjoy them as much as they do, because they sure hover every time we eat something. Admittedly we are not very [...]

The Trick to Perfect Easter Eggs–Don't Boil Them, Bake Them!

Laura Peterson — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:18:09 +0000

Have you wondered if you can bake eggs rather than boil them? I honestly didn’t, because I have more important things to wonder about, but I’m glad I found this tip! I can cook, but for some reason I always mess up hard-boiled eggs. Here’s what the “egg-perts” say about baking rather than boiling your [...]

Make Homemade Bacon With the New Baconkit

Tony Hart — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:29:02 +0000

Like beer, bacon is about to have its own DIY revolution, instead of micro brews, we’ll have micro bacons, sounds good to me! Bacon historians may look back one day and declare that the Baconkit was the start of the revolt against ”big bacon.” The Baconkit comes with everything you need, except for a pork belly which [...]

Los Angeles Restaurant calls Out No-Show Customers on Twitter

Jeanne Ryan — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:48:50 +0000

Is this the wave of the future for businesses, calling out customers by name on a social media who display rude behavior? The next time you decide to be a no show at your favorite dining establishment you may want to think twice about it. According to Consumerist one L.A. restaurant has had enough, and [...]

Duluth Police Nab Lobster Thief–For the Second Time

Laura Peterson — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:45:34 +0000

The Duluth Police Department has released a statement stating that the man responsible for stealing not one, but two lobsters from a Canal Park restaurant on separate occasion has been caught. On Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 at 11:13 AM Duluth Police were called to the Red Lobster on the report that a live lobster had [...]

Man Pranks Workers at Drive Thru by Purposely Stalling His Car [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:48:02 +0000

Every one of us has done that precarious dance as we reach to grab our food and drinks from the drive thru window, If you have a car that is low to the ground, it can be extra hairy. Now let’s just add a manual transmission to really challenge the exchange. I found this video [...]

Duggar Family from Reality Show 19 Kids and Counting, Dine Out in New York City and Get a Whopper of a Bill

Jeanne Ryan — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:30:04 +0000

For all of us the price of food in general seems to have skyrocketed, and if you go out to eat with your family be prepared to pay a premium, so what do you think a bill would be at a restaurant for 23 people? In case you are not familiar with the Duggar Family [...]

Twinkies Are Coming Back in the Greatest News Ever

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:15:24 +0000

The long national nightmare is over. Twinkies are coming back! The iconic cupcake will return to stores this summer after a pair of private equity companies agreed to buy Hostess. Apollo Global Management, LLC and Metropoulos & Co. will purchase the Hostess and Dolly Madison brands for $410 million. Metropoulous & Co. founder and CEO [...]