With a nod to the archival treasure-seeking master Alan Scherstuhl, creator of The Pitch's Studies in Crap, Fat City will occasionally bring you culinary treasures from the past (both seriously historic and not-so-distant). We begin with this trove of recipes from 1980, when the conglomerate known as Kraft was having great success marketing its Parkay margarine with TV commercials like this (featuring future sitcom star Tracey Gold) and this one, with another future sitcom star, Vic Tay
It's hard to believe that a sitcom could nail the major food issues in our life, but the past two episodes of 30 Rock tackled one of the major debates between foodies and offered an inexorable fact about life. On the second episode of season four, "Into the Crevasse," an argument between two characters suddenly becomes about leftovers: Devon: You know revenge is a dish best served cold, Jack, like sashimi or pizza. Jack: You prefer cold pizza? Devon: The morning after, it's the best. Ja
When 30 Rock recently introduced a fictional new hot pocket-cheese-filled hot dog hybrid -- Cheesy Blasters -- it was the kind of food that felt right up there with America's current fair food obsession. Now, the duo behind Lunch Blog KC has brought the frank-enstein creation to life, complete with recipe and lots of pictures. Fat City caught up with Robert Bishop, one of the bloggers responsible for bringing Cheesy Blasters to life. How did the real-life version of Cheesy Blasters came about
