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Enough with the Pumpkin Spice

    What started off a few years innocently as a Starbucks seasonal frothy beverage has mushroomed out of control. The Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte was introduced in 2003. You will now find your grocery store littered with pumpkin spice in about just every popular product. From September till the end of October, North America seems to go crazy with the Autumn spice. I think we reached the tipping point with pumpkin spice, enough is enough. There is way too much out there. Personally, I think it has become clickbait for the most outrageous food combos that manufacturers want to promote their year-long products by adding pumpkin spice. Just about restaurant or food establishment has added pumpkin spice to their menu. I hate entering the Christmas Tree Store or Bath and Body Works, it feels like your nose is swimming in pumpkin spice. The best part of the spice is that there is no pumpkin in it. It is a spice for pumpkin pies so that they taste better. Why not just call it the cinnamon spice?

    Burnt Toast and Other Disasters by Cal Peternell

      Stuff happens when you are cooking. Your dish does not turn out as desired. What can be a complete disaster can easily be rescued with a little creativity. Cal Peternell the bestselling author of Twelve Recipes wants to help you turn your kitchen disaster into a delish outcome that all can enjoy. Sometimes a little bad experience can turn into something special. Burnt Toast and Other Disasters by Cal Peternell is your perfect weapon to rescue your kitchen mishap. Keep calm and cook on.

      Shaq’s Family Style

        Shaq’s love of food, eating, and family cooking began in his childhood home, where his mom cooked for him and his three siblings. With his own family, he carries on the commitment to creating family connections and fun through food. In Shaq’s Family Style, featuring his inimitable sense of humor, he shares eighty recipes for bringing family together around the table, plus 100 photographs to whet the appetite.

        Montreal restaurant encourages vandalism in its establishment

          Imagine if your restaurant was vandalized by local graffiti artists in a trendy part of Montreal. That would be disastrous for a business owner. That is exactly what happened to “Le Speakeasy” in Montreal. It is discouraging for business owners to have their place of work vandalized. Nicolas Delrieu, of “Le Speakeasy” invited the graffiti artists back to sprawl street art all over the establishment. The restaurant is now called Vandale which is vandal in English. I really love the Banksy-inspired mural of Anthony Bourdain. Their phoenix slogan when you enter the site, “burn it to the ground” is ballsy for an eating establishment. Then again Vandale caters to a different type of clientele.

          Cheetos Bag of Bones Cheese Flavored Snacks Halloween Tin

            Here is another Wal-Mart exclusive for Halloween. Cheetos’ Bag of Bones in a 14-ounce tin can. It comes together in two flavors, Flamin’ Hot and White Cheddar flavors consist of shape pieces that look like bones, skulls, ribcage, and hands.

            The Breakfast Table Gets Kookier This Halloween With ‘The Addams Family 2’-Inspired Kellogg’s Cereals and Snacks

              Ahead of the theatrical release of MGM’s highly anticipated animated sequel “The Addams Family 2” on Oct. 1, Kellogg Company is teaming up with the iconic studio to bring fans a new way to experience their favorite macabre clan: breakfast. This July, the creepy, kooky and mysteriously spooky Addams Family is joining the breakfast table and beyond with “The Addams Family 2”-inspired cereals and snacks and in-pack giveaways of the first animated Addams Family movie.

              Mars Wrigley Treats Fans with Limited-Edition SKITTLES Shriekers for a Shockingly Sour Flavor Surprise this Halloween

                New limited-edition SKITTLES Shriekers are hitting shelves nationwide, shocking taste buds around the country with a frightfully sour flavor. Hidden inside each pack of Shriekers are super-sour SKITTLES that appear to look like the rest yet bring an unpredictable punch of sour flavor to make even the most fearless candy fan quite literally shriek. Just in time for Halloween, SKITTLES Shriekers pair eerily well with the screams of horror film binges and haunted house visits, making it the perfect creepy candy for the spooky season.

                Chili’s Wants To Spice Up Your Homecoming With Customized, Chilified Mums

                  Calling all homecoming kings and queens! Football and fall are officially here, which means it’s homecoming season y’all. And we here at Chili’s Grill & Bar want to give you the chance to roll up to one of the biggest events of the year with a customized Chili’s mum and matching mum or garter for you and your date. Starting today, we’re giving 25 lucky winners the chance to score a customized, Chilified, mega mum and matching mum or garter set. So keep reading to learn how you can add your name to the winners’ roster.

                  Foods as Badass Warriors

                    Artemii Myasnikov’s dessert warriors are ready for a food fight! These delish food warriors are too good to fight for, you might want to take a chomp at one of them. Drum roll please, here are your warriors in no specific order; Shrimp Sushi Samurai, Tacos Swordsman, French Fries Warlock, French Fries Warlock, Chocolate Cake Gonfalonier, Donut Battle Mage, Pizza Assassin, Hot Dog Necromancer, Jelly Crossbowman, Red Velvet Cake Templar, and Cheeseburger Bannerman.

                    Go Nuts! The MR. PEANUT Character Is Renting His Iconic NUTMOBILE Vehicle To Overnight Guests For First Time Ever

                      For the first time ever, the iconic NUTMOBILE vehicle will transform into the nuttiest living quarters that transports you into an overnight, immersive PLANTERS® brand experience, of course, filled with plenty of PLANTERS brand products for guests to enjoy. The stay also includes a $1,500 travel stipend and can-nut-miss activities where guests can enjoy the beautiful scenery in Minnesota. The best part? This one-of-a-kind, the nutty stay is available for $3.59, the cost of a jar of PLANTERS peanuts.

                      Use Your Noodle: Cup Noodles celebrates 50 Years of originality with the search for the next great food innovator contest

                        Nissin Foods, the inventor of Cup Noodles, celebrates its 50th anniversary by calling on all budding culinary minds to submit original ideas for the “Use Your Noodle” innovation contest, which acknowledges the creative, unconventional possibilities in the food industry starting on Sept. 18 – the brand’s birthday. Submissions will be judged based on creativity, originality, and quality by acclaimed teen chef and social media talent Eitan Bernath and Nissin Foods President and CEO Michael J. Price.

                        Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers, and Recipes to Raise Your Cooking Smarts

                          When food writer Matt Rodbard met chef Daniel Holzman while covering the opening of his restaurant, the Meatball Shop, on New York’s Lower East Side, it was a match made in the question. More than a decade later, the pair have remained steadfast friends—they write a popular column together, and talk, text, and DM about food constantly. Now, in Food IQ, they’re sharing their passion and a deep curiosity for home cooking, and the food world zeitgeist, with the world.

                          Pringles Debuts Limited-Edition Glow-in-the-Dark Cans for Halloween

                            Pringles ‘Sour Scream & Onion’ and ‘Oooriginal’ Glow-in-the-Dark cans offer snackers the perfect salty treat during a season of so much sweet while doubling as the ultimate spooky centerpiece for any Halloween festivity. Whether you’re looking for a seasonal after-school snack, prepping some fearsome party bites or lining your sidewalk for the ultimate trick-or-treating score, Pringles Glow-in-the-Dark cans shine a little light – and lightheartedness – on your family celebration all season long.

                            Portuguese Home Cooking by Ana Patuleia Ortins

                              When it comes to Portuguese cookbooks, you will be pressed to find that many in your local bookstore. Portugal has a wealth of foods to offer. There is a magical aroma around the foods that are passed down from generation to generation. The sea-faring country delves into oceanic traditions to hark back to the old days that seem to be trapped in a timeless loop in mainland Portugal.

                              A study suggests that eating 1 hot dog takes 35 minutes off your life

                                Somebody better tell Joey Chestnut about the latest hotdog findings. This guy does not have long to live if you read what studies are saying about hotdogs. Every hotdog that a person eats takes away 35 minutes of his life. Somebody do the math and get Joey on a fruit and vegetable diet immediately.

                                French’s Releases Limited-Edition Mustard Buns In Partnership With Piantedosi Baking Company

                                  French’s announced the release of French’s Mustard Buns in celebration of National Mustard Day on August 7th. Developed in partnership with Piantedosi Baking Company, a New England-based wholesale bakery with over 100 years of expertise, French’s is rolling out limited-edition mustard buns baked with French’s Classic Yellow Mustard that are the perfect way to add more flavor to backyard barbecues and baseball games this summer. French’s Mustard Buns will be available starting August 7th from select well-known landmarks and baseball stadiums across the U.S. in cities such as New York, NY; Baltimore, MD; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; and Boston, MA while supplies last.