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In November 2012, the United States had to say goodbye to an veritable institution as Interstate Bakeries finally succumbed to bankruptcy after many years of labor disputes and management problems. Interstate Bakeries was the manufacturer of two major staples of the American diet for many decades… Wonder… and Hostess.  It was because of this bankruptcy […]

Drink Up with The Podwits!

Posted: 30th March 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Food, News, Podcast
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Pull up a chair and order yourself a drink!  It’s time for another stunning episode of the Podwits Podcast.  On the docket this week: How important is taste to your drinking experience?  Is podcasting under attack from sources most foul?  Is your new car under a new influence?  Will Batman and Robin escape this CAT-aclysmic […]

For those of you who listen to “The Podwits Podcast” on a mobile device, rejoice for what you have as the Podwits 2 (Big Buck You-Know-What Hat was trapped in a remote location and unable to attend the recording) take a trip down Memory Lane at the way cell phones USED TO BE!  And is […]

On a brisk day this past January, a friend to the Podwits, saxophonist Matt Garrison, and I ventured to a spot I’d been meaning to go to for years now: the famous landmark restaurant in Harlem, Sylvia’s. The woman behind the legendary eatery—Sylvia Woods, “the Queen of Soul Food”—passed away last week, and I thought […]

I don’t know what the deal is with the good folks over at Pizza Hut nowadays, but I feel like they’ve let college students into their test kitchens.  It’s the only way to explain the recent rash of recipes to hit their stores.

Being the patriotic bloke that I am, I decided to celebrate the 4th of July this week by doing something incredibly American.  I ate bacon.  More specifically, I tried the Bacon Sundae from Burger King. The dessert is ‘hand made’ by the good folks at BK with vanilla soft-serve ice cream, chocolate and caramel syrups […]

Earlier this year it was announced that Nestlé would be teaming up with the Girl Scouts of the USA for a line of co-branded candy bars based on popular Girl Scouts cookies.  Back in May, the first run of these limited-edition treats were made available online through Nestlé’s Facebook page.  As of June 1, the bars are […]

Certainly we all know that Mr. Reese was a bloody genius when he put chocolate and peanut butter together.  It was a match made in heaven and it just went to show you that two things that you wouldn’t think to put together could TOTALLY work! Ever since then, people everywhere have been looking for […]

Kooking With Kuma in the Kitchen

Posted: 4th April 2012 by J. Marcus in Food
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A little something special today.  Our good friend Kuma from Kuma Kreations Entertainment shows us how being a geek is no excuse for not knowing how to cook a decent meal! Enjoy!

In this week’s podcast, J. and Dion give tons of free lip service to a damned fine brand of ice cream, Brian decides to play the part of Godot, J. dips into the reader mailbag once again and the boys nearly break their backs picking up all the names being dropped.  Hilarity abounds on another […]