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Hostess Twinkies

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    The Twinkie Defense: Hostess Given More Time in Bankruptcy Fight with Seattle Teamster Fund

    Despite fear-mongering headlines, the Twinkie is not dead yet. Consumed by Americans at a rate of 500 million a year, the creme-filled sponge cake created in 1930 has been given a reprieve by a New York bankruptcy judge, allowing its maker, Hostess Brands Inc., more time to reorganize during its fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Terry Theise Opens Wild Ginger's Summer of Riesling Schedule

    ​New York restaurateur Paul Grieco has again declared a "Summer of Riesling," defying the trendsters who've made rosé this season's "it" drink. "That rosé is trendy is positive in so many ways," says Terry Theise, perhaps the best-known importer of German and Austrian Rieslings. Theise's de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Seattle's Top 5 Versions of Meat on a Stick

    Meet your meat (on a stick) at Showa in Fremont.​Perhaps the only Midwestern carnival axiom that carries over to life in general: Everything tastes better on a stick. The insertion of that simple piece of wood makes anything--deep fried mac 'n' cheese, frozen bananas, mini-pies, and most of al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    One Blogger on a Soapbox, Addressing Gluten-Free Emergencies

    http://www.costco.com​Recently, in preparation for a weeklong camping trip, a friend of mine with a sense of humor sent me the link for information Costco's "Augason Farms Gluten Free Complete Meal Pack." While I felt that carrying 18 10-pound buckets of dehydrated meals in my backpack sounded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Pie, Charlie Sheen, Wieners, Robots, and (More) Pie

    ​ "1) Coffee Robot is always going to be more consistent than its fleshy human counterparts, and when it comes to the difference between a great cup of coffee and the crap I'm generally accustomed to drinking, consistency is about 50% of the battle. 2) Coffee Robot is not going to wait until ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Pie as a Trend? Bullshit, Just Like Trend Pieces Themselves

    As American as mom and...​ For this week's review of High 5 Pie and Pie in Fremont, I ate a lot of pie. Some of it was good pie, most of it was not. All of my eating (including the half-dozen bright-and-shiny, industrially-made Dolly Madison fruit pies I bought from the local grocery store in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Coke's Secret Formula Cracked By NPR Nerds, And 6 Other Secret Recipes Revealed

    ​That picture right there? That's the secret recipe for Coca-Cola--or at least that's what Ira Glass and his crew from "This American Life" claim is one early version of the formula for making one of the most popular non-alcoholic beverages in the history of drinking. Coke says no--and they've ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Pancakes and Coke's Secret Formula, Cracked By Nerds

    ​ "We loved watching The Golden Girls when we were growing up--when it was on TV for the first time. The clever banter between Dorothy and '"Maaawww" (aka Sophia) always cracked us up, and Rose's naiveté-turned-double entendre gave that refreshing punch of dramatic irony television so desper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Top 5 Ways to Blow Your Food and Booze New Year's Resolutions By the End of January

    Sure, you said you would stop doing this. But who wants to keep that promise?​Somewhere amid of my third helping of squash risotto, fourth slice of ham, millionth cookie, my brother's famous creme brulee, and the hot buttered rum, I thought: "I can't go on like this." As so many do at the tail ... More >>

  • Food

    November 17, 2010

    Food News & Notes: Coffee, Soda, Milkshakes, & More

    Sure, you said you would stop doing this. But who wants to keep that promise?​Somewhere amid of my third helping of squash risotto, fourth slice of ham, millionth cookie, my brother's famous creme brulee, and the hot buttered rum, I thought: "I can't go on like this." As so many do at the tail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Bourdain, Lizards and Loko

    Hey Tony, nice cock​ "Anthony Bourdain earned his reputation as the "bad boy of cuisine" by drinking, smoking, and swearing his way through exotic eating adventures on the Discovery Channel's No Reservations. This is a man who's bravely tried seal eyeballs, sheep testicles, and a warthog's re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Eating Twinkies and Donuts Will Make You Lose Weight (Kinda)

    ​First, there was the potato diet: 20 potatoes a day and nothing else, being attempted by Chris Voight, Executive Director of the Washington State Potato Commission in order to prove that potatoes are nutritious, good for you, and can help you lose weight (provided you don't cover them in fros ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Four Drinks That Should Be Banned Before Four Loko

    ​So today is apparently Four Loko day here on Voracious. Following reports on the Daily Weekly about the caffeinated alcoholic beverage being blamed for the hospitalization of several Central Washington University students earlier this month, my own screed about the ridiculous powers and popul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Coquettish Environmentalism, and One Crazy Guy in a Trash Can

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25463008@N03/2404038155/​As one of the top commodities traded on an international basis, coffee gets a lot of positive and negative press. It figures substantially into every feasible area of debate, from human rights to economics and politics, and of course, espec ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2010

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25463008@N03/2404038155/​As one of the top commodities traded on an international basis, coffee gets a lot of positive and negative press. It figures substantially into every feasible area of debate, from human rights to economics and politics, and of course, espec ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2010

    Superchunk

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/25463008@N03/2404038155/​As one of the top commodities traded on an international basis, coffee gets a lot of positive and negative press. It figures substantially into every feasible area of debate, from human rights to economics and politics, and of course, espec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    12 Best Foods To Eat While Stoned: Food Pairing for the Modern Sophisticate

    ​For too long, the food world has been obsessed solely with the pairing of wine, beer and super-call liquors with food. Well that tyranny ends now as we, the Voracious staff, turn our personal experiences excellent research skills to the task of intelligently pairing food (and booze) with all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    9 Greatest Stick Foods of All Time

    I do NOT want this creepy woman making my Hot Dog on a Stick​Hot dogs are good, but you know what's better? Corn dogs. Because they come on sticks. Chicken is delicious, but yakitori is super-delicious. Twinkies are good(ish), but deep-fried Twinkies are awe-inspiring in their fatty, lava-hot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Cupcakes and Pork Belly: What's The Next Big Thing?

    ​ Okay, so this one is just for you serious, hardcore, eating-out-every-night kind of grubniks in the crowd. It's a question based in gluttony, in excess--meant those who live for this stuff, who'd rather lose a foot to gout than give up their foie gras and bacon sandwiches for even one singl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Human Breast Milk Cheese: Worst idea ever? Or A Protein Whose Time Has Come?

    ​Pretty much the minute that New York City chef Daniel Angerer decided that he was going to make cheese from his wife's leftover breast milk, the internets have been going nutsy-cuckoo for the story. There have been wild rumors (like the one about him selling the cheese at his restaurant, Klee ... More >>

  • Arts

    January 20, 2010

    Stage Review: Xanadu

    “Children’s theater for gay people!” isn’t as much fun as it sounds.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Live Music Roundup: Tuesday, July 7

    At Nectar tonight, Sound Magazine is hosting a happy hour with free drink tickets (until they run out) from 6 to 9 p.m., followed by a show that is also completely free, featuring Born Anchors, my favorite local psychedelic band the Curious Mystery, and Cataldo. Great line-up, free drinks, no cover. ... More >>

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    July 1, 2009

    Mantic Ritual

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    July 1, 2009

    The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

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    October 22, 2008

    Bedtime Stories

    Balagan’s messy production goes in a thousand and one directions.

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    July 9, 2008

    It's Like MTV...With Bad Dialogue

    Balagan’s messy production goes in a thousand and one directions.

  • Film

    June 25, 2008

    PICK Wall-E: We love this little cube dude

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    January 30, 2008

    Keep It Down: Worst Food Ever

    Balagan’s messy production goes in a thousand and one directions.

  • Diversions

    January 16, 2008

    Cold Turkey Is the Only Way to Kick Him

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    September 16, 2007

    I Ate This: The Whole Gol-Dang Fair

    Balagan’s messy production goes in a thousand and one directions.

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    September 5, 2007

    Pew-AL-Up

    Snicker at people who pronounce it wrong

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    June 13, 2007

    Get Served at Redwood

    Snicker at people who pronounce it wrong

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    July 26, 2006

    Fresh Faced

    The Weekly's new food critic explains himself.

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    October 20, 2004

    Eating My Words

    The Weekly's new food critic explains himself.

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    October 15, 2003

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