food network chef gets fired

uh oh spaghettios!!! looks like robert irvine is the latest to be filing for unemployment. the food network star of dinner: impossible was just released from his contract by the network.

his credentials have come under fire after it was proven that he ‘ahem‘ inflated his resume. irvine, having nothing to back it up to the food network, struck a compromise by removing the listing of the famous people he supposedly had worked for from the opening credits to his show.

not long after tmz reports that he has been officially released from his contract and that they are looking for a replacement. you can read more here about what he did. also of note that hsn has dropped his knives from their roster of products.

taste test: trader joe’s fiberful fruit bar

after a recent stop into tj’s the other day to get some organic sugar i was looking to try something different. after perusing the fresh fruits and veggies i saw a bushel filled with bars of fruit ‘leather’ type foods. i picked through a few of the available flavors: boysenberry, strawberry, apricot and stumbled on one that piqued my interest: fiberful mixed berry. the cost was nice too: only $.39. i really had nothing to lose.

toast-a-meal:laziness and stupidty in one small package

just when i thought my kitchen couldn’t possibly use another product made of “space age polymer” i saw this nifty little gem in a commercial on food network. it’s called toast-a-meal and it tops the current running list of stupid infomercial products, at least in my book.

here’s what the bag purports to do: create a crispy delicious meal from your toaster, toaster oven without all the ‘mess’ of making things like grilled cheese or chicken nuggets (which upon viewing the website is spelled wrong) (actual screen shot)

honestly i know what nougat is and if it was chicken flavored i would puke.

i would have thought that perhaps i was having a flashback to my days of psychadelics but i wasn’t. some idiot created this thing and is pitching it to unsuspecting buyers. they are selling 4 of these goddamn bags for $20 plus s&h. they are also throwing in a toaster too, that’s how desperate they are to sell these things.

i implore the reading public: are we still fooled by verbiage like “space-age polymer”? how awful will this really be that they are giving a toaster too? i beg you, don’t buy this crap. don’t buy any crap that’s available for purchase via a 1-800 number. but if you really are curious check it out here.

in search of the perfect coffee cup

i love my caffeine, i really do. long before my most recent addiction to red bull and monster (which i am convinced cause impotence, not a first hand account though) i was and still am addicted to coffee. most specifically dunkin donuts coffee. i am not alone in that i hate starbucks coffee, see here and here, but that’s not what this search is about.