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Poll: Vote for the Most Boinkable Fast-Food Mascot!

Don't you just hate it when you catch a fast-food commercial on TV and you get all hot and bothered? And you think to yourself, "Man, I wanna bone that mascot so hard"? And then all your waking moments are consumed by thoughts of getting it on with some costumed clown and chowing down on burgers pos ... More >>

Shareholders to Sue KFC Parent After Recent China Chicken Scare and Stock-Price Tumble

We hear a lot in this country about food recalls, and over the past few years we've heard enough from overseas to become wary of the food supply that makes its way to our shores from China. But how much do we hear about food raised in China that stays in China? And how often does it occur to us tha ... More >>

Handicapping the Cardinals' Managerial Search

The Cardinals appear to be entering the home stretch of their managerial race. ​The Cardinals have been conducting interviews and tossing around names in their search for a new manager, and it looks now as if they're likely entering the endgame portion of the process. I have to admit, while I ... More >>

Battle KFC: Traditional Famous Bowl vs. New Cheesy Bacon Bowl

Gut Check was craving a big sloppy gob of calories the other day when it hit us: time to go to Kentucky Fried Chicken. After all, KFC is the brains behind the Double Down, the bread-less chicken sandwich with the bacon, cheese and the devil himself (we call him "The Colonel") hiding inside.With ridi ... More >>

Stephen Colbert's Ode to Tater Tots, "Food"

​On last night's episode of The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert presented another in his always entertaining "Thought for Food" series.This time, he begins with the news that the USDA is looking to restrict the amount of potatoes served in school lunches, which prompts an inspiring ode to ... More >>

What's Worth More: Food or Cash?

Wikimedia CommonsTime to steal the doughnuts.​Three not-too-bright robbers in Hyannis, Massachusetts, attempted to rob a Dunkin' Donuts last week. They demanded a paper bag an employee was carrying in her purse and ran. Because so many paper bags at Dunkin' Donuts are filled with cash instea ... More >>

Oprah's Seven Best Food Moments

persephonemagazine.com​ Today the world bids farewell to "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Twenty-five years of gab, angst, couch-jumping, jailhouse interviews, favorite things, crazy giveaways, fad diets, weight loss, weight gains and lots of chow. No, we're not making any fluctuating weight jokes ... More >>

Food Revolutionaries Murray Handwerker and Wallace McCain Die

Wikimedia CommonsFamous Nathan's, which Murray Handwerker made really famous.​Over the weekend two people who played major roles in the modernization of the food industry died. Murry Handwerker, 89, of Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs passed away on Saturday. Canadian potato entrepreneur Wallace McCai ... More >>

KFC Offers Deal to Christian-Sabbath-Ignoring Chick-Fil-A Fans

So I'm at lunch today, enjoying a sandwich and a few minutes of March Madness, when this commercial for KFC airs:At first, I'm thinking, "Yeah! Right on! Sundays are awesome! At least until you realize that you have to be at the office in twelve hours, and you never got around to doing laundry, and ... More >>

Top 5 Fast Food Frankensteins

Alllllllrighty, folks! The theme of this post: These foods shouldn't exist.​Creators of the following high-calorie, mixed-metaphor monstrosities flew a little too close to the sun (remember what happened to Prometheus?), and yet their charred and grease-soaked bastard children of Fast Food Nat ... More >>

Update: Yum! Brands Pulls Obama Impersonator Ads

​On Monday we showed you an ad for KFC airing in China in which a President Obama lookalike is crushed by a giant fish sandwich. Obama Foodorama reports (via Eater) that Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, has pulled the ads."It is no longer airing and will not be re-aired," Yum! Brands spokes ... More >>

Video: Obama Impersonator Crushed by Giant Fish Sandwich

What else is there to say about this KFC ad from China except that it features a (pretty good) Obama impersonator being crushed by a giant fish sandwich? Enjoy it for the surreal humor or for the political commentary, implied or projected.Honestly, this sort of thing is what I missed most while I wa ... More >>

From Kenny Rogers Roasters to Flav's Fried Chicken: What's with Celebs and Poultry Shacks?

Oh great. Flavor Flav has started his own chain of chicken shacks. The first, Flav's Fried Chicken, opened in Clinton, Iowa this week, next door to a KFC. Keep fighting the power, Flav. To his credit, Flav "went to cooking school in 1978 and I got a degree in cheffing." His family owned a soul fo ... More >>

KFC Does Christmas Right ... in Japan

What do people in Japan eat for Christmas dinner? KFC, of course. Laos News reports that the American chicken chain has created a Christmas tradition of eating fried chicken in Japan. Their catchy marketing slogan is, "At Christmas you eat chicken."If it's a KFC in Brazil, they'd better get ready to ... More >>

Poisoned Candy, Free Lifetime KFC, and Other Halloween Food Horrors

What's scarier - urban legends about psychos contaminating Halloween candy with poison and sharp things, or dressing up as Colonel Sanders to win a lifetime supply of KFC? The Atlantic debunks spooky tales of razor blades and cyanide in treats, giving evidence that most "Halloween sadist" stories ar ... More >>

KFC Finds Appropriate Metaphor to Advertise Double Down Sandwich

>Image via​KFC has brought back the Double Down, its infamous "sandwich" of bacon, cheese and the frightening-sounding Colonel's sauce between two fried (or grilled, if you're a wuss) chicken-breast fillets.Regular readers know that Gut Check was less than impressed when we taste-tested the Dou ... More >>

How Can KFC Top the Double Down? Not the Skinwich

Image viaThe Colonel wants to skin you.​There was much hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing about the imminent food apocalypse when KFC introduced the Double Down, a "sandwich" of bacon, cheese and the "Colonel's Sauce" between two fried chicken breast pieces instead of bread.(The result, Gut Check di ... More >>

Get a Doublicious In Exchange for Your Vuvuzela (and Other Ridiculous Fast Food Fad Swap Ideas)

Image via​It's been just over a week since Spain took the World Cup, and the rattling buzz of the vuvuzela is finally fading to a mild case of tinnitus. No one ever wants to hear that sound again. So what to do with your now-useless horn? KFC wants it. Send your used vuvuzela to KFC's corporate h ... More >>

Double Down Sales "Immaterial"

Ian FroebWhat's missing? A bacon cheeseburger​When Gut Check tried KFC's Double Down "sandwich" -- a much talked-about creation in which two pieces of boneless fried chicken serve as the "bun" for a sandwich of cheese, bacon and the ickily named "Colonel's Sauce" -- we found it underwhelming. Turn ... More >>

Wendy's "Reinvents" Salads as Fat-Soaked Calorie Bombs

www.wendys.com​Wendy's has introduced four "totally reinvented" salads to its menu. These salads entice the ever-more savvy consumer with the promise, according to the press release that landed in Gut Check's mailbox this morning, of "high quality ingredients, freshly prepared." In addition, on th ... More >>

What Do You Call a KFC Double Down Bunless Chicken Sandwich on a Bun?

KFC's infamous, bun-less Double Down chicken sandwich is getting...a bun. The "Doublicious" debuts July 5. (Read Gut Check's taste test of the original Double D here. Meanwhile, Taco Bell continues to think outside the bun. The chain has been test-marketing a breakfast menu, which will commence to ... More >>

Free Food at a St. Charles KFC -- If You Know the Secret Password (We Do!)

Image viaSo good? So terrifying is more like it.​So apparently KFC has rolled out a new slogan: "So good."Yup. That's it. "So good."(To be fair, Victoria's Secret already trademarked "Very Sexy.")At any rate, the fast-food chain held a contest on its social media "channels" -- is that what we're c ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 5.5

It's Cinco de Mayo - how many pickled jalapenos can you cram down your gullet? Eat Me Daily reports that a new world record in pickled jalapeno eating was set last weekend by some poor fool willing do down 275 of the vinegar heat bombs during double overtime. But he's a professional eater. The amat ... More >>

Burger King Experimenting with "Brunch" Menu, Including...Whoppers?

The Whopper, in its natural habitat​When Hardee's introduced a 1,000-calorie version of its biscuits and gravy with sausage and egg, it wasn't that shocking. That's what Hardee's does. When KFC announced its fried-chicken-as-bun Double Down sandwich, we all gasped in shock, but the result was oddl ... More >>

KFC's Double Down Sandwich Is Not the Bacon Apocalypse: A Taste Test

Ian FroebThere is bacon in there. Promise.​"Would you like to try the Double Down sandwich?" the cashier at KFC asked when Gut Check stopped by this morning, her tone so rote that you might believe that the highly touted sandwich had been available for months rather than mere hours."Yes, actually. ... More >>

Gut Check's Week in Tweets

​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow us @gutcheckstl.Here's some of what you missed on the Twitter feed this week: Draw Up Your Will Now, Because on Monday, April 12, KFC's Double Down Will Kill You http://bit.ly/a6P2Gx FYI: Franco now serves poutine. Its awesome fr ... More >>

Draw Up Your Will Now, Because on Monday, April 12, KFC's Double Down Will Kill You

Image viaWho needs bread when you have breaded meat?​In what might be the nuclear option of fast-food gimmicks, on Monday, April 12, KFC will introduce the long-rumored -- and sometimes considered merely mythical -- Double Down sandwich. What is the Double Down sandwich? Let's let KFC explain:This ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Monday, 8.24

​ Tyson to pay for violating federal pollution-discharge permit in Nebraska. (CNN)Fruit growers and border patrol clash over treatment of seasonal immigrant workers. (WHEC) Shrimp fishermen strike in Louisiana. (The Daily Comet)How to survive the tomato blight? Just add plums. (The New York ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Friday, 5.8

Margaret Hamburg, the Obama administration's nominee to head the FDA, has a positive reception before a Senate committee. (New York Times) The number of people facing hunger in the world will number one billion this year, according to a new report. (Bloomberg) KFC suspends its free chicken pro ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 5.7

The FDA isn't keeping up with its audit of state-level food-safety inspections. (USA Today)KFC wasn't prepared for the onslaught of customers with coupons from Oprah for free grilled chicken -- but there were no "riots." (AP)ABC News claims to have identified our favorite "recession foods."

Virginity Lost, Car Totaled, EARS RINGING: Craigslist Missed Connections in STL

Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.I flipped over chasing you - m4w - 32"I saw you get in your Jeep and was going to axe you out on a date. I dont know if you saw me or what but ...I was honk ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 4.15

Kentucky Fried Chicken makes a big bet on grilled chicken. (AP)Jay-Z has elevated a pricey, obscure Champagne to new heights of fame. (Independent)A vegetarian -- by choice -- cat? (UPI)

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 10.2

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 9.10

The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 2.6

The Morning Brew: Friday, 2.1

Daily Web Crawl

Spice Is Nice

Ian likes it hot -- way hot.

Enviga

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Black Celebration

Welcome to Harkonin's metal smorgasbord

Local Legends

A new album from Columbia shows area musicians how it's done

Out with the New

Clark Street Grill's food is nicer to look at than to eat

Film Openings

Week of October 20, 2004

Shackle Up

Stir Crazy Café and SanSai Japanese Grill make it OK to embrace a corporate trend

Hold the Relish

Neil Hamburger just might be hipper than you are, but that doesn't mean you can't take his calls; meanwhile, St. Louis courts record their cases on handy stone tablets.

Picture of Lily's

A friendly family offers a sweet and charming introduction to Mexican home cooking

Chicken Run

Directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park

Quince Cycle