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Take a Break With Yoplait Delights

Sponsor — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:30:01 -0700

Delicious and 100 calories? It’s hard to believe it until you try this yummy, layered treat. And what’s the best way to enjoy a Yoplait Delights™ Parfait? With some juicy drama! Simply choose a scene and your parfait of choice, and dig into a guilt-free escape.

Pepsi Draws Controversy For Amp Drink iPhone App

YumSugar — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:50:33 -0700

Looks like Burger King isn't the only food brand that toes the line between cutting-edge and crass. PepsiCo, the maker of new energy drink Amp, has gotten flack for its latest iPhone launch.

"Amp Up Before You Score" is a free iPhone application that offers young men pointers on how to get in bed with 24 different types of women. Selections include "Sorority Girl," "Treehugger," and "Punk." Amp fans can then detail their conquests on the app's Brag List.

Backlash soon followed, with many accusing Pepsi of demeaning and objectifying women. Amp tried to appease the furor with an apology on Twitter, although it seemed to only want to heighten the buzz around the brand by introducing the Twitter tag #pepsifail.

What do you think of the move? Check out the video after the jump

Paula Deen's Awkward Appearance on the View

YumSugar — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:00:36 -0700

Food Network host Paula Deen appeared on The View this week to promote her new children's cookbook. Those who caught it know that it wasn't pretty to watch. Put the sassy Paula Deen and the straight-laced Barbara Walters together, and you get an uncomfortable dynamic.

As the ladies of The View sit behind a stupendous spread of fried chicken and other Southern comforts, Paula licks strawberry cake off her fingers and pictures of macaroni and cheese grace the background. Walters then forces the queen of Southern cuisine to answer a rather serious question:

This is a cookbook for kids. Obesity is the number one problem for kids today. Everything you have here is enormously fattening. You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast . . . Does it bother you that you are adding to it? No? Not at all?

Stunned, Deen bumbles something about moderation - "you know, we don't eat this every day" - to an unconvinced Walters. But Walters has a point. Not one food item in the supposedly kid-friendly spread could be considered wholesome and healthy. Yet, Barbara comes down hard on Paula. Who comes out on top? Watch the video, and weigh in on your thoughts after the jump

Introducing PopSugar Rush, Our New Daily Show!

Molly — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:09:54 -0700

We're so excited to announce the launch of PopSugar Rush, our brand new daily show to catch you up on everything you need to know now about the world of pop culture across the Sugar Network! Every day we'll be bringing you the hottest photos, videos, and stories from everywhere in a lightning-fast, blink-and-you'll miss it format. PopSugar Rush will also feature commentary from the Sugar editors themselves as we bring our unique perspective to the news of the day. Without further ado, check out our first show and stay tuned for lots more video coming soon to PopSugar.tv - from fashion, to beauty, to fitness, we'll be bringing you the best video content of our Sugar sites come to life. Thanks for watching!

Hardee's Is Back With Biscuit Holes and High School Humor

YumSugar — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:50:32 -0700

If you were shocked by Audrina Partridge and Padma Lakshmi's lascivious Carl's Jr. commercials, then wait until you see what the company's up to now. Hardee's, the sister brand to Carl's Jr., has debuted "Biscuit Holes," deep-fried, doughnut hole-shaped biscuits that are iced with cinnamon sugar. To come up with a more creative moniker, however, Hardee's is asking customers for help through a new campaign titled "Name Our Holes." Customers can submit their name ideas on the campaign's microsite, NameOurHoles.com, where they can also view other entries.

In the TV spot below, consumers offer up names ranging from "hole munchers" to "puffy nuts." I don't know about you, but I think Hardee's is taking toilet humor a little too far - just watching the clip makes me feel kind of dirty. In your mind, is the campaign funny and successful, or simply gross and immature?

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What's Next For Top Chef's Stephanie Izard

YumSugar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:30:51 -0700

In addition to shooting the breeze with Top Chef's latest winner, Hosea Rosenberg, PartySugar and I also had the opportunity to catch up with Hosea's close pal, previous TC champ Stephanie Izard.

When we spoke to Stephanie - who's even more spunky and sassy in person! - she unveiled additional details about her upcoming Chicago restaurant, The Drunken Goat, her unique bond with other cheftestants, and plans to do more TV. Find out what she has to say after the jump

Hosea Talks About Life After Top Chef

YumSugar — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:00:13 -0700

While we spotted a bunch of star chefs in Aspen, we had a particularly titillating conversation with Hosea Rosenberg, the winner of last season's Top Chef. The latest TC champ, who was the picture of West Coast cool, talked to PartySugar and me about his immediate plans, what he intends to do with $100,000, and the one kind of food he's really sick of.
Hosea schmoozes with fellow winner Stephanie Izard after the jump

Tom Colicchio Makes a Bloody Good Drink

YumSugar — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:00:28 -0700

While I rang in the season premiere of True Blood with a sublime red velvet cookie sandwich, Tom Colicchio was inspiring fans of the show to get in the kitchen as well.

Top Chef's head judge is no newbie to plugging drinks - witness his Diet Coke commercial spot. But on this segment of "The Perspective" with Victoria Davis, he goes above and beyond, making a beverage for fictitious, blood-sucking friends: "I have a few friends that are vampires, and I've had this issue. We go out, and I'm sitting there through appetizer, and entree, and dessert, and they're just kind of nursing a TruBlood," he says. See the video when you read more.

Watch the clip of the celebrated chef below, making a warm "meal in a glass" with sugar snap peas, chicken broth, fennel, favas, spring onions, and beet juice. Would you try making this? Do you find this segment as ridiculous and cheesy as I do?

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KFC President Issues YouTube Apology, Offers Raincheck

YumSugar — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:00:41 -0700

Oprah's KFC promotion for a free Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal has not only caused a lot of controversy, but sky-high demand also has KFC stores across the country turning away customers. In response, KFC president Rogert Eaton has taken a strikingly similar approach to Domino's by issuing an apology to patrons via YouTube. In exchange for the inconvenience customers have gone through, Eaton offers a raincheck for a grilled chicken meal, plus a free Pepsi.

Do you think Eaton did the right thing? I question whether customers who've already redeemed the free chicken will simply cash in on more gratis grub. Will you redeem KFC's raincheck offer?

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Pizzeria Offers Free Slices For McCain Signs

YumSugar — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:00:26 -0700

A Warren, MI, pizzeria is exchanging free pizza in return for McCain campaign signs.

"Turn in your sign, get some free food," offers Diana Franzoni, owner of Salvatore's Pizzeria, the restaurant giving away the pizza. Still seething over the fact that McCain pulled out of the battleground state, she contends: "McCain gave up on Michigan, so you should give up on him."

Salvatore's, which has collected hundreds of signs in the past two weeks, has become the center of controversy. The pizza-sign exchange has led to many signs being stolen from supporters' front lawns. "You're putting a bounty on a McCain sign for a pizza," said one supporter whose sign was stolen. The McCain camp has admonished the offer as "wrong," saying that true McCain supporters would not be likely to give up their signs for free pizza.

Watch the video and let me know your take on it: Is the offer spirited and fun, or reminiscent of a nasty campaign?

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