Yummy Links: From Royal Cake to Gwyneth's Mac


Updated 04/27/11 10:55 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

8 Most Common Genetically Modified Foods and More

Make a chocolate cake like the one being served at the royal wedding. — Serious Eats Eight of the most common genetically modified foods. — Huffington Post Food Starbucks has passed Wendy's to become the nation's third-largest restaurant chain. — USA Today The 15 hottest burgers in America. — Eater San Francisco's mayor actually opposes the shark fin ban. — San Francisco Read more

Yummy Links: From Shooting the Holiday Table to Carving Ham


Updated 12/21/10 11:35 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

How to Shoot the Holiday Table and Other Food Fun From the Web

How to shoot the holiday table. — The New York Times Top Chef's all-stars reveal their New Year's resolutions. — The Feast Is this the famous recipe to KFC's secret spice blend? — Rachael Ray Blogs Watch David Chang, Dan Barber, and Wylie Dufresne lecture at Harvard. — Eater Actor Stanley Tucci will host a new wine television show. — Grub Street NY 10 must-have iPhone food apps and Read more

Yummy Links: From Mike Tyson to Robert Downey Jr.


Updated 11/17/10 2:45 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 2 comments

Under Pressure, Four Loko Goes Caffeine-Free, and More Food News

Mike Tyson might be opening a kosher restaurant chain. — Eater Caffeinated alcoholic drink Four Loko buckles to the pressure and goes decaf. — Atlantic Food Why OpenTable is like iTunes, only worse. — Grub Street NY KFC's bestselling Double Down has mysteriously disappeared in Canada. — Globe and Mail NBC rolls out The Feast, another food site, in selected US cities. — The Read more

What's Cooking at Slashfood


Updated 07/08/10 4:05 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

Taste Testing KFC's Doublicious, and Other Slashfood Stories For July 8

We love Slashfood so much that every Thursday we round up their most delicious stories. Here are this week's finds: Sutter Home, the winery behind the Build a Better Burger contest, offers wine pairing ideas to go with those patties. Taste tested: KFC's successor to the Double Down, the Doublicious. Coca-Cola's latest target: mommy bloggers. A sampler of Vermont's top cheesemakers. George Read more

What's Cooking at Slashfood


Updated 05/20/10 4:05 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

KFC Sells 10 Million Double Downs and Other Top Stories From Slashfood

We love Slashfood so much that every Thursday we round up their most delicious stories. Here are this week's finds: That was fast: KFC is about to sell its 10 millionth Double Down. Burger King ventures outside of fast food prices with its new $8.99 rib meal. In an effort to cut salt, Heinz is tweaking its iconic ketchup formula. Raise a glass to the best-rated boxed white wines. Get ready for Read more

KFC's Buckets For The Cure: Cool or Not?


Updated 04/28/10 1:28 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 32 comments

KFC Sells Pink Buckets of Fried Chicken For Breast Cancer Research

Hmm . . . I'm torn over this one. Fast food retailer KFC launched a new initiative to support breast cancer research. Called Buckets For The Cure (seriously), for each pink bucket of chicken sold, KFC will donate 50 cents to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. KFC is aiming for a final donation amount of $8 million, which, if reached, will be the largest single donation to date. And Read more

Speed Read! Susan G. Komen Says Eat KFC For the Cure


Updated 04/23/10 12:01 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 3 comments

Susan G. Komen Teams Up With KFC and Other Headlines

Susan G. Komen for the Cure teams up with . . . KFC? — Jezebel New and improved trailer for Eclipse debuts on Oprah — BuzzSugar Longest-serving Belgian bishop resigns after admitting sexual abuse — NY Times White House denies Sarkozy delivered Polanski letter to Obama — CBS Jon Stewart stands up for South Park following censorship — Huffington Post Check out the top three finale Read more

Would You Try the KFC Double Down?


Updated 05/05/10 10:02 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 43 comments

Would You Try the KFC Double Down?

Last August, in a This Is Why You're Fat kind of moment, KFC began testing the Double Down in select markets, a sandwich that contains two pieces of bacon, melted slices of Swiss and pepper jack cheese, and "the Colonel's sauce" stuffed between two slices of fried chicken. It seems almost too crazy to be true, but KFC has announced it will be rolling out the behemoth nationwide on April 12. I'm Read more

KFC Lights Up Markets With Branded Fire Hydrants


Updated 01/07/10 4:21 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 6 comments

KFC Promotes New Fiery Chicken Wings on Fire Hydrants

Looks like KFC isn't ready to give up its moment in the spotlight just yet. It's switching its marketing game plan and replacing pitches on potholes with flyers on fire hydrants. To get the word out about the new Fiery Grilled Wings, KFC is giving two cities in Indiana, Brazil and Indianapolis, $7,500 so local officials can improve their cities' fire safety — and emblaze Colonel Sanders's face Read more

What's Cooking at Slashfood


Updated 01/11/10 5:36 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 1 comment

This Week's Slashfood Stories 2010-01-07 04:00:45

Give a Swiss specialty, fondue, an American twist by using stateside cheeses. An Australian KFC commercial falls under scrutiny for being racist. Chuy's, the Lone Star State's Tex-Mex institution, is expanding Southeast. How restaurant servers deal with customer theft. A look back at the last decade of American drinking. Pepsi has started an eight-week run of high-fructose-free Pepsi Throwback Read more