Somebody once told me that for copyright reasons or some crap like that you're not supposed to call it the Super Bowl but the "big game" or the "championship." I say damn the torpedoes. It's the Super Bowl and it deserves some super snacks! I'm not talking some chips and weak-ass salsa here but some manly, innovative snacking.Jason Day and Aaron Chronister have the right idea with their bacon explosion, which has enough calories to kill Oprah's studio audience. While they're now famous, they
The last couple of years have not been kind to the Interstate Bakeries Corporation. IBC, headquartered on east Armour Road in Kansas City, Missouri, has been in bankruptcy since 2004 and its two iconic products, Wonder Bread and Twinkies, aren't exactly en vogue among health-conscious shoppers.To celebrate its emergence from bankruptcy -- and to try and woo those aforementioned healthy shoppers -- this week IBC is soft-releasing a new line of bread called Nature's Pride. The line is a step up in
It's a move as much on paper as anything (only 10 jobs will leave Kansas City) but it's still a psychological blow that IBC is relocating its headquarters to Dallas. Why, it was just last week that Fat City was talking about the problems IBC had faced, the new bread it was releasing and how we were rooting for it. Things won't be the same now that it'll be a Dallas Company.In response to that post, IBC was kind enough to send over a loaf of Nature's Pride honey wheat and whole wheat, two of its
O'Fallon loon Cynthia Davis continues to outdo herself. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that in her latest newsletter, the Republican state rep supports letting children go hungry."Hunger can be a positive motivator," Davis noted.That's right, starving children of Missouri. It's time you stopped feeding at the taxpayers' trough and got jobs."Tip: If you work for McDonald's, they will feed you for free during your break."
That's right, kids. Get to work. There's more:• "Families may
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon​Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is still drowning in his dirty water scandal. Great analysis from the Star's Steve Kraske, who's wondering how long before heads will roll. Nixon, a Missouri Democrat, had his worst week as guv yet over the who knew what and when scandal over his administration failing to tell the public about an E. coli outbreak at the Lake of the Ozarks in May. Lots of trouble for Nixon. Update: Chris Blank of the Associated Press analyzes the situation a
