Posts by: Sean Brett

If you’re lucky enough to live in the Salt Lake City area you are in for a real treat. Two local chefs will enter into the kitchen stadium to prove who is the true master of the swine in “Battle Bacon!”

Robert Deni from Cucina Toscanna and Tom Call from Fresco Italian Café [...]

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The Jan 6th episode of NPR’s Podcast Planet Money had a very interesting topic, Lard. They talked about how everyone used pig fat for cooking a hundred years ago but now it’s almost no where to be found.

Most people think the whole reason lard cooking went away is because it’s [...]

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The Detroit Free Press is wrapping some shrimps with bacon and dipping those mofos in some tangy mustard. At first I was I little scared because I’m the type of man that likes my sauces to come premade in a squeeze bottle but after looking it over it seems like a pretty easy [...]

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Have you ever sat down at your local dinner starring at your bacon cheese burger and milkshake dreading the physically draining task of picking up the burger, taking a bite, setting it down, then picking up the milk shake, slurping the straw, and then setting it down only to have to do it [...]

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For a very limited time IHOP is allowing you to enjoy one of my favorite past times, combining food. Ever since I was a child I’ve been mesmerized by the concept of mixing foods. And yes I was the kid in high school that would put anything from mashed potatoes to peanut butter [...]

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When you think about all the companies out there trying to give us the best bacon experience possible Thinkgeek.com is one of the top runners. They have bacon toys, bacon frosting, bacon t-shirts and now bacon scented hand sanitizer.

I’m a strong believer that hand sanitizer will be the downfall of mankind. Every [...]

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The Huston Texans held their 10th annual Tailgater of the Year Contest on New Year’s Day. At a time when most people were snoring away in a pile of smashed party hats, confetti, and human filth, nine dedicated teams of tailgaters, fueled only by Lobster tails and jell-o shots stepped up [...]

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It was announced last month that for the first time since opening their doors the fast food chain Wendy’s is surpassing Burger King in sales to become number 2 behind the raining champ McDonalds. There is a very clear reason for this and as a life long Burger King fan it saddens [...]

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Pittsburgh Chevy Burger and Shake Crawl 2011!

Sadly our day had to come to an end but luckily for us we had one more stop, The Milk Shake Factory. Located in Pittsburgh’s South Side this chocolatier/milk shake joint has been open for 97 years and is on its 4th generation of owners. After [...]

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Pittsburgh Chevy Burger and Shake Crawl 2011!

Our next stop was at the Sharp Edge Bistro in Down Town Pittsburgh. The Sharp Edge is a small chain that focuses on higher end bar food and top notch beers. They have 5 locations in the Pittsburgh area but be careful because not all location [...]

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