Email AuthorJenn Wohletz
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Five things I already miss about election year 2012
December 31, 2012 in The Latest Word
Now that most of the dust has settled from November's election, President Barack Obama is finally dropping the presidential hammer -- "I got yer fiscal cliff right 'ere, mother*ckers!" --...
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Five worst foods of 2012 -- and this year was already tough enough to swallow!
December 26, 2012 in Cafe Society
STI cupcakes from The Evil Cake Shop.The soon-to-be-over year of 2012 has given us savory soups, awesome appetizers, munchable main dishes and even a few scintillating smoothies. But these taste-tempting...
Avoid your family! Eat at Boston Market for the holidays
December 24, 2012 in Cafe Society
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Five chain-restaurant trends that should continue in 2013
December 21, 2012 in Cafe Society
Saved by the Bell.This last year has brought us some terrible chain restaurant trends, including serving up sodium-soaked "healthy" meals; shrinking dessert sizes and charging the same prices; peddling fancy...
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Five food trends that need to die with 2012
December 20, 2012 in Cafe Society
Die! Die! Die until you are dead!This year has been an interesting and generally productive one for food trends, with global tastes well-established, house-made fruit and vegetable pickles all the...
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Five toys for girls that need a gender makeover
December 19, 2012 in Show and Tell
Hasbro's Easy-Bake Ovens are getting a masculine makeover fifty years after the toy was introduced, thanks to a market-savvy thirteen-year-old girl in New Jersey who wanted to buy her little...
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Twenty foodie gifts from Cost Plus World Market
December 19, 2012 in Cafe Society
J. WohletzChocolate liquor bottles mean it's Christmas time!Cost Plus World Market is usually a one-stop gift shop for foodies, but during the holiday season it becomes a wonderland of seasonal...
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Merry McRib-mas! A holiday poem in celebration
December 18, 2012 in Cafe Society
J. WohletzMerry McRib-mas to all, and to all a good night!Yesterday marked the glorious return of America's favorite onion-ed, pickled, sauce-slathered, probably-pork sandwich. Much to my delight, the McDonald's location...
International House of Pancakes: back to the backup restaurant
December 17, 2012 in Cafe Society
Five weirdest food heists of 2012 -- and what would've made them even weirder
December 14, 2012 in Cafe Society
Smashburger hauls its buns all the way to Costa Rica
December 13, 2012 in Cafe Society
Rave's Oh My Goth is dying in Denver -- but the store will be resurrected online
December 11, 2012 in Show and Tell
Applebee's: all quiet on the luncheon front
December 10, 2012 in Cafe Society
Johnny Carino's new menu debuts in Colorado -- where the chain got its start
December 07, 2012 in Cafe Society
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S-E-X spells naughty fun at Rooster & Moon's X-rated spelling bee
December 07, 2012 in Show and Tell
Is getting spanked losing?--or winning?Do you know what a "Dirty Sanchez" is? How about "The Rickshaw" or "The Ambush?" Hint: all of these are sex positions, and sexy knowledge...
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Five weirdest food deaths of 2012: Killed by bugs, beans and empanada makers
December 07, 2012 in Cafe Society
We must eat to live -- but sometimes what we eat and drink also kills us. The oddest things can cook our goose. This past year saw many food-assisted expirations...
Kentucky Fried Chicken's new original-recipe cookies -- a half-baked or extra crispy idea?
December 04, 2012 in Cafe Society
Free burger at Red Robin today if your name is Jim -- or something like that
December 04, 2012 in Cafe Society
Fat Jack's Supersubs expanding on Colfax, with local art...and seats!
November 30, 2012 in Cafe Society
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Five reasons why Guy Fieri should drive to Douchebagistan and never come back
November 29, 2012 in Cafe Society
Guy Fieri is getting more bad press than Congress and/or Lindsay Lohan right now -- okay, maybe the same amount of rotten press, but that's still plenty -- all apparently...
Sexy Pizza wants to make its third restaurant a sexy, meaty comedy club
November 28, 2012 in Show and Tell
Sexy Pizza's plans to fight the drug war with a store mnage trois
November 27, 2012 in Cafe Society
Kiss my cheese grits! Is the Waffle House affected by the CEO sex scandal?
November 23, 2012 in Cafe Society
Red Robin does the time warp -- with burgers from the past
November 23, 2012 in Cafe Society
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Five reasons why Thanksgiving is a fly-over holiday
November 21, 2012 in Cafe Society
Thanksgiving is a fly-over holiday. While other holidays, such as Valentine's Day, have an entire month's worth of ramp-up --and special heart-shaped candy to boot -- year after year this...
