The Latest In Bizarre Baby Names
I’m all for unique baby names. But calling your kid Cheese? Really? The New York Times Magazine reports that nine out of 500,000 American parents surveyed by BabyCenter.com chose the moniker last...
View ArticleGet These Kids To A Farm
It makes me feel old to say “kids these days…” But kids these days apparently need to be taken to a farm to learn that cheese doesn’t grow on trees. Seriously. The U.K.’s Daily Mirror reports that...
View ArticleClint Eastwood Saves Man From Cheese
Clint Eastwood is the type of guy you want to have around in an emergency. I’ve known this since I saw In the Line of Fire in 1993. Now I have actual proof. At 83 years old, Eastwood lifted a man...
View ArticleWorld’s Oldest Cheese Found On Mummies
Scientists have discovered that yellow clumps found on the bodies of Chinese mummies are actually samples of the world’s oldest cheese — dating back to 1615 BC. USA Today reports that the cheese,...
View ArticleCheese-Stuffed Doritos
For weeks, junk food enthusiasts have been abuzz with news that Frito-Lay has been quietly testing a fried cheese stick coated in Doritos — called ‘Doritos Loaded’ — at a handful of DC-area...
View ArticleArizona’s $25 Corn Dog
Every once in a while I see a new food item so crazy that I just have to write about it. Case in point: the new $25 corn dog that the Arizona Diamondbacks will be hawking at concession stands this...
View ArticleParachuting Grilled Cheese Coming To NYC
When I first heard about toasted cheese sandwiches delivered by parachute, I thought it was obviously a joke. But it seems that a couple of enterprising Aussies are actually doing this — and will soon...
View ArticleThese Guys Give Russian Cheese A Bad Rap
If only this was a photo of a bunch of Russian guys merrily sharing a hot tub on New Year’s Eve. But no, these are workers at a Siberian dairy plant ringing in the new year by bathing in a giant vat of...
View ArticleCheese Brine De-Icer Saw ‘Limited’ Success
Back in January I wrote about how Milwaukee was planning to test cheese brine — a byproduct of cheese making — as a road de-icer this winter. Fast forward a few months of funky-smelling city streets...
View ArticleCheese-Rolling Contests
This could be the plot of a Hugh Grant movie: a small English village is bypassed by the area’s new highway, leading the town’s residents to dream up a cheese-rolling contest to attract visitors. As...
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