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Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Game: Love It or Hate It?

The astute folk at Eater discovered that the Travel Channel's popular show Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern is now a board game.

The astute folk at Eater discovered that the Travel Channel's popular show Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern is now a board game. The goal of the "wild bluffing game" designed for kids 8 and older? To convince your opponents you know the most about odd food fodder from around the world. Seems like an interesting extension of the Zimmern brand. Since I do often catch the show, I think I'm going to have to check this out. What about you?

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Must-Watch: Montage of Iron Chef America's Ingredients

Is it Friday yet?

Is it Friday yet? That's what we've been asking ourselves every single morning. Sadly, the answer is no, but we've got a midafternoon amusement that'll remedy the worst of the weekday slumps.

Today we caught wind of a video on Eater that's so brilliant we had to watch it multiple times — and so funny we wanted to make sure you saw it.

Ever wondered what it would be like to put all of Iron Chef America's secret ingredient proclamations in a video together? Yeah, we hadn't either — but the result, as it turns out, is ingenious. See the video after the jump.

Link Time

Yummy Links: From Michael Symon to Padma Lakshmi

beer

Yummy Links: From German Beer to Healthful Holiday Eating

  • Five German beers worth trying. — The Atlantic
  • Do you live in Miami or Portland? Get excited because Eater has expanded to those cities. — Eater
  • Frank Bruni's memoir Born Round may be turned into a television show. — Grub Street NY
  • Learn what Josh Ozersky will be up to now that he has bid the Feedbag adieu. — The Feedbag
  • Scripps Networks has acquired the Travel Channel, meaning that the Food Network is back in bed with Anthony Bourdain. — Eat Me Daily
  • Must make: creamy corn soup with roasted poblano chili. — Serious Eats
  • Everything you need to know about stuffing. — The Epi-Log
  • How to stay healthy during the holidays. — Chow

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Wine

Yummy Links: From Nirvino's Wine App to Eater's Expansion

Introducing the newest must-have wine application for your iPhone.

News

Yummy Link: Magnolia Bakery Shut Down by the Dept. of Health

In a story that's still developing, the Department of Health has shut down the famous Magnolia Bakery.

In a story that's still developing, the Department of Health has shut down the famous Magnolia Bakery. Apparently it's a lack of sinks - and not rats - that has caused the shut down. Guess you'll just have to make Magnolia cupcakes at home until it reopens.

Update: Magnolia has issued an official statement stating that they've operated for 10 years without this sink.

Update 2: The Department of Health has allowed Magnolia to reopen now that they've installed a new sink.
- Eater

Poll

Do Food Bloggers Affect the Food Industry?

Mario Batali recently got an opportunity to tell us exactly how he feels about food bloggers.

Mario Batali recently got an opportunity to tell us exactly how he feels about food bloggers. The article, entitled Why I Hate Food Bloggers is an interesting read, however the comments are where things really get interesting. Some people feel that real journalism has its faults as well, while others agree with Mario, saying that food blogs have become too tabloidy and publish first, fact check later. The whole thing makes me wonder, do you think food bloggers affect the food industry?

yummy links

Yummy Links: From Mocklate to Sam Talbot

Don't let them F with our chocolate folks.
yummy links

Yummy Links - From Date Bars to Coffee

Have you seen these date bars?
  • Have you seen these date bars? Reporter Sadie Stein goes on a hunt to figure out where they come from. - Serious Eats

  • If my earlier post about pho made you want to learn more, check out this site dedicated to the Vietnamese soup. - Pho-king
  • Chowhound is a forum for people to talk about food and dining, but it turns out that sometimes those posts get deleted. The folks at Eater are doing their best to publish banned posts, including bad restaurant reviews. - Eater
  • If all microwaved cakes taste as awesome as this one looks, I might be okay with the whole idea. (and fyi pudding is synonymous for dessert)- The Passionate Cook
  • How is it that I've never had a pork burger before? I'm going to have to remedy that soon. - Simply Recipes
  • Apparently the folks at Consumer Reports have found that the coffee at McDonald's is better than the coffee at Starbucks. - Single Serve Espresso
  • Man, I thought I could eat... check out this 95 pound lady eat 20 pounds in one sitting - GiggleSugar