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I love it. In celebration of Obama’s inauguration, Ben & Jerry’s is introducing new flavor: Yes PeCan!

Now that absinthe is finally legal in the U.S., you’ll be wanting to know where to get the good stuff.

Ueatcheap.com.

Jer’s Rubs – Rubs & Marinades For Your Kitchen & Grill. These look goooood.

Lego-shaped gummies.

Don’t you hate it when you’re at a dinner party with a plate of food in one hand and a glass of wine in another, and suddenly you’re introduced to someone? No more awkward shifting of the glass/plate with this great idea.

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As part of a research project, Robin Goldstein submitted an application for a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for a restaurant that doesn’t exist. And it won an award. As one commenter on Goldstein’s website put it, this could be the equivalent of the Sokal Affair in the world of gastronomy and wine. Consumerist article is here.

Wow. LA blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas

This is buffet. Not Jimmy.

One wine connoisseur wondered just what makes the ‘47 Cheval Blanc one of the finest wines in the world. He found out:

The impeccable storage undoubtedly explains why the ‘47 Cheval I drank that night now ranks as the greatest wine of my life, a title I doubt it will relinquish. The moment I lifted the glass to my nose and took in that sweet, spicy, arresting perfume, my notion of excellence in wine, and my understanding of what wine was capable of, was instantly transformed—I could almost hear the scales recalibrating in my head. The ‘47 was the warmest, richest, most decadent wine I’d ever encountered. Even more striking than its opulence was its freshness. The flavors were redolent of stewed fruits and dead flowers, yet the wine tasted alive; it bristled with energy and purpose. The ’47s signature flaws—the residual sugar and volatile acidity—were readily apparent, but it was just as Lurton had said: In this wine, the flaws inexplicably became virtues. The analogy that sprang to mind wasn’t port; it was Forrest Gump. This was the Forrest Gump of wines—clearly defective, completely charmed. I realized that it was silly even to try to place the ‘47 in the context of other wines; it defied comparison, a point underscored when I tasted another legend, the 1945 Château Latour, later that night (yeah, it was a nice evening). The Latour was stunning—probably the second-best wine I’ve ever had—but it at least fell within my frame of reference: It was a classically proportioned Bordeaux that just happened to be achingly good. The ‘47 Cheval, by contrast, was an otherworldly wine—a claret from another planet. And it was amazing.

Dave Campbell has alerted me to an item that actually made my stomach turn when I saw it. The cheeseburger in a can. It’s lunchtime right now, but I’m no longer hungry.

Update: this guy bought one and ate it. He said it wasn’t all that bad, actually!

By Till Nowak

I don’t normally blog about food, but I must break out of my foodie closet and holla a big “daaaaaaaayyuuummmmmm” to the folks over at Loose Lip Larry’s, who have concocted both a terrible website and an exquisite barbecue sauce. I recommend the Sweet Georgia Honey Mustard Spicy Barbecue on chicken and darn near anything else you can eat except ice.

Now you can have your chess set and eat it too.

This is interesting. Four members of Congress have decided to see how the other half lives by pledging to subsist for one week on $21 worth of food, the amount the average food stamp recipient receives in federal assistance. The “Foof Stamp Challenege” accompanies legislation proposed by two fo the starvees that would add $4 billion to the annual federal food stamp budget, which was $33 billion last year and covered 26 million Americans. You can read a blog about the experience here.

“These pay-as-you-can cafes have missions that are unapologetically altruistic—call it serving up fare Robin Hood style. “Our philosophy is that everyone, regardless of economic status, deserves the chance to eat healthy, organic food while being treated with dignity,” explains Brad Birky, who opened SAME (So All Might Eat) Cafe in Denver.