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What's Cooking at Slashfood

YumSugar — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:49 -0700

We love Slashfood so much that every Thursday we round up their most delicious stories. Here are this week's finds:

Unwelcome European grapevine moths have been generating buzz in Napa and Sonoma wine country.
Find out which chef Spike Mendelsohn would like to see naked.
Michigan will soon hold the official Guinness title for the world's largest meatball.
A look back at some of the fast food industry's biggest failures.
Veteran restaurant critic Raymond Sokolov is parting ways with the Wall Street Journal.
Texas-based chain Bikini Sports Bar and Grill is trying to capture some of the Hooters market share.

The Scoop: Guinness Names New Top Dog (For Height)!

PetSugar — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:40:18 -0800

Not even four months into his tall term, the splotchy Titan (who replaced the late Gibson) has been topped! Meet Giant George, the new world record holder for Tallest Living Dog and Tallest Living Dog Ever. Standing at 43 inches from paw to shoulder, he has a ~~whopping~~ wee .75 inches over Titan (who was already a half-inch above Gibson)!
This big pooch lives in Tucson, Arizona with owner David Nasser and was measured by an official Guinness World Records adjudicator (for all you doubters). Added into George's impressive height are equally impressive measurements of 7'3" from tip of nose to end of tail and a scale toppling of 245 pounds. The dog makes his big media debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Feb. 22 - hopefully her tiny puppies are out of his big paws' way!

Source: Guinness World Records

Most Missed Celebrity Pet or Celebripup of 2009?

PetSugar — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:50:15 -0800

As an animal lover, I understand that pets are important fixtures in people's lives and feel a connection with those furry faces I can recognize on sight. Some pups are known for their famous owners, while others are famous in their own right. From the pup that cheekily said "Yo Quiero Taco Bell" to past presidents and celebrities' furry friends like Socks and Loki, tell me which late pet do you miss most in 2009?

And don't stop voting there - check the rest of my best of 2009 polls!
Source: Getty, Source: Guinness World Records, Source: The Daily Wag, and Source: Karen Tracy of Pazazz Chows

What Do You Know About Guinness's Record-Setting Animals?

PetSugar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:43 -0800

A cute Great Dane named Titan recently captured the Guinness World Record as the world's tallest (living) pooch! His record breaking last week made me think about all those other animals currently topping the charts for age, size and more. Test yourself on some bizarre newsmakers and start this extreme animal quiz!

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From snout to tail-fin, how long is the world's longest goldfish?

The Scoop: Titan Named the World's Tallest Living Dog

PetSugar — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:30:09 -0800

You don't need to remember this Titan since he's still alive. As the only animal honored in the 30 Guinness records announced on Nov. 12, this pooch really measures up! The 4-year-old dog is blind, deaf, and epileptic but measures in at a whopping 3 1/2 feet tall from floor to shoulder, taller than even Gibson, the previous record holder who died back in August.

Rescued from the Middle Tennessee Great Dane Rescue as a puppy, he could see out of one eye when younger before going totally blind but remains calm and friendly towards all friends, human and furry. Due to his height, he undergoes acupuncture and chiropractic adjustments every three weeks and, if he could safely stand on his hind legs, he'd probably top 80 inches ear to toe - wowza! Check out his official website and see a selection of his puppy pics below.

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Source: TITAN & Friends and Source: Guinness World Records

Nonni's Makes It Rain Meatballs With New World Record

YumSugar — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:05:14 -0800

When I saw the trailer for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, I wondered: what could be better than living in an alternate universe where it rains meatballs? Well, I think I've found my answer.

It's a 222.5-pound meatball that emerged over the weekend, blowing all other past meatball records out of the water. The gargantuan ground beef spectacle, which was created by Matthew Mitnitsky of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, NH, was confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the (new) record holder of the world's largest meatball, beating out a recent 198.6-pound feat created on Jimmy Kimmel.

The best part? The now-famous meatball was broken down into manageable portions, then packaged and delivered to local shelters. What do you think? Delicious or disgusting?

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World's Largest Burger Among New Record-Setting Foods

YumSugar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:00:43 -0700

It's a tale that'll go down in burger history. At an event this week in London, Guinness World Records revealed a host of new record breakers, among them a 185-pound, $499 whopper of a hamburger, which is officially the world's largest. The record belongs to Mallie's Sports Grill and Bar in Southgate, MI. Owner Steve Mallie, who said the bun must be baked for eight hours and the burger for 15 hours, remarked, "Being in the book is the greatest accomplishment we've ever done. I've worked my entire life to build this restaurant and being able to have the notoriety of Guinness makes it just that bit more rewarding."It seems, in today's world, that everything bigger is better. This week alone, Westhoughton, UK, garnered attention for serving the world's most massive English breakfast (10 sausages,10 rashers of bacon, 10 slices of toast, 10 eggs, fives slices of black pudding, and tomatoes, mushrooms, and black beans); Sacramento, CA, made headlines for a 42-foot-long, 1,200-pound tamale; and Valencians in Spain managed to assemble the world's longest restaurant table. At this rate, the next record will need to be for the world's most capable scale. Are these feats, like the Mallie's burger, legendary stuff, or simply gross?

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Spain Scores Record For World's Longest Restaurant Table

YumSugar — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:30:17 -0700

Perhaps the world's lengthiest dosa has finally found its place at table.

Over the weekend, a dining table measuring 1.258 kilometers, or more than three quarters of a mile, entered the Guinness World Records. The front-page furniture hailed from the Valencian town of El Campello in Spain.

The feat was made up of tables from at least 60 various local restaurants. Restaurants that contributed space were allowed to decorate, wait on, and serve diners at these tables to their liking. Despite the fact that the record-setting structure beat out an 2007 record held by a restaurant in Vienna, Austria, that was 1.176 kilometers long, every single seat at at the table was occupied. Do you enjoy dining at long tables?

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Real or Fake: World Records Made in Mexico This Year

TresSugar — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:00:00 -0700

Last month, thousands of Mexicans, including impersonator "Hector Jackson," performed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" dance with hopes of breaking the world record. While the success of the wannabe zombies is still under review by the Guinness Book of World Records, Mexico has already officially captured many records this year. The New York Times dedicated some reporting resources this week to the topic. It seems Mexicans take the Guinness Book of World Records very seriously, and the Times is happy to cover all their efforts. Before you go read the piece (linked at the end of this quiz), see if you can spot the real records made in Mexico from the fakes.

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RIP, Chanel: The World's Oldest Dog Passes Away

PetSugar — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:45:09 -0700

I've got some more sad news to announce: People Pets is reporting that the world's oldest pooch passed away on Aug. 28. The Wirehaired Dachshund named Chanel celebrated her 21st birthday - 147 in dog years! - back on May 6.

Although she suffered from cataracts, and had her eyes protected by those awesome Doggles, she was otherwise in good health and had plenty of pep according to her owners Karl and Denice Shaughnessy of Port Jefferson Station, NY. This pooch will surely be missed so check out a video from her big birthday bash earlier this year below!