Was "Little Debbie" a Real Person?

Aug

15

2021

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Was “Little Debbie” a Real Person?

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By Yana Gilbuena | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie The iconic little girl is very much a real person. We all know her smile: Little Debbie is the super cute, straw-hat-wearing, auburn-haired, blue-eyed little girl who is the face of delicious treats like Oatmeal Creme Pies, Zebra Cakes, and Cosmic Cupcakes. But you may not know that Little Debbie was very much a real person. Little Debbie is the granddaughter of O.D. McKee, who founded the snack cake company along with his wife and business partner, Ruth. It all started during the Great Depression, when almost a quarter of the…

Aug

14

2021

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Wendy’s to open 700 delivery-only kitchens by 2025 with Reef Technology

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie Wendy’s plans to open 700 delivery-only kitchens by 2025 to meet the growing demand from people who want their fast food brought to them. The kitchens will primarily operate in urban neighborhoods in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom, Wendy’s said. The hamburger chain will open its first 50 delivery kitchens this year. Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy’s is partnering with Reef Technology Inc., a Miami company that runs 5,000 delivery kitchens in 30 cities worldwide. In a conference call with investors Wednesday, Wendy’s President and CEO Todd Penegor said Reef will build…

Aug

14

2021

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Taco Bell’s New Drive-Thru Concept Puts the Kitchen Above Your Car

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By Jelisa Castrodale | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie The two-story Taco Bell Defy restaurants would have dedicated lanes for online orders. Last August, Taco Bell announced that it would be opening some new-look restaurants that better accommodated those of us who'd like to collect our Doritos Locos combos without interacting with anyone else. Each Taco Bell Go Mobile location would have double drive-thru lanes, with one traditional drive-thru for on-site ordering and pickup, and a priority lane that would be dedicated to quick pickups for orders placed online or through the Taco Bell app. "The priority lane is created for the…

Aug

13

2021

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Atlanta: As diners return to restaurants, many workers stay away

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By Christopher Quinn, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for AtlantaNewsAndTalk.Com Danielle Cuff was among the estimated 160,000 Georgia restaurant workers forced out of jobs weeks after the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020. The 31-year-old pastry chef found a greener pasture at the bucolic Decimal Place Farm in Clayton County, turning goat milk into cheese. Her escape from frenetic 12- to 14-hour workdays let her reflect on something she had forgotten — a normal pace of life, having weekends and holidays off, and knocking off after eight hours of work. She “politely declines” baking job offers, and like nearly 40%…

Aug

12

2021

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Mimosas Are Finally on the Menu at IHOP

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie IHOP is rolling out wine and beer at multiple locations nationwide as part of a pilot program. As the international house of one of the world's great breakfast staples, IHOP has long been an easy option for brunch — unless, of course, you wanted that kindof brunch. And after a little market research, IHOP discovered that, yes, plenty of their clientele might be interested in that kind of bunch. So what's a pancake house to do? Break out the bubbly, apparently! IHOP announced today that the chain is launching a "Bubbles, Wine & Brews" drink menu…

Aug

11

2021

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Guy Fieri Created an Apple Pie Hot Dog —And It’s Only Being Served at One Baseball Game

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By Jelisa Castrodale | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie The collaboration harkens back to a classic Chevrolet ad that name-dropped the two classic American dishes. In the early 1970s, a career copywriter at Detroit's Campbell Ewald ad agency combined four All-American items into an inescapably catchy commercial jingle, one that pretty much soundtracked every 70s kid's entire childhood. James Hartzell's "Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet," song debuted on TV and the radio in 1974 and it made an immediate impact (and became an immediate earworm). Almost 30 years later, Car & Driver named "Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet" as…

Aug

10

2021

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Pizza Hut Is Testing Plant-Based ‘Beyond Pepperoni’

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Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie The new Beyond Meat product will be available at a handful of Pizza Huts starting today. Most major chain restaurants have at least dabbled in plant-based meat at this point, and Pizza Hut is no exception. This past November, the nostalgia-loving pizza giant partnered with Beyond Meat to roll out Beyond Sausage for a limited time nationwide — and our taste tester was pretty content. Of course, though sausage is a perfectly serviceable topping, pepperoni is the pizza king — and even last year, we were already asking if a meat-free pepperoni was in the cards. Well, wait no…

Aug

09

2021

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Pumpkin Spice Cup Noodles Are Coming This Fall (Because of Course They Are)

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie The new autumnal flavor is intended to celebrate Cup Noodles' 50th anniversary. One day, society may reflect on its past and wonder, Why were we so obsessed with pumpkin spice? Is it really that exciting, this mix of gourd and flavorings?But apparently, that won't be happening in 2021. Every year, companies revel in rolling out bizarre pumpkin spice products: We've seen Pumpkin Spice Spam (2019), Kraft Pumpkin Spice Mac & Cheese(2020), and Pumpkin Spice Humus (2014), just to name a few. So will we get a pumpkin spice reprieve this year? We're only at the start of…

Aug

08

2021

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A $28 Sam Adams Summer Ale at LaGuardia Forces Airport Restaurants to Reevaluate Their Prices

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel #Foodie The Port Authority has reportedly told its food vendor to audit its menu after a tweet exposed the $28 beer. If you're seeking the truest expression of America cutthroat capitalism, you needn't look any further than the airport. With way too much time to kill and nowhere else to go, travelers face prices for food and drinks that tend to be through the roof. Because what else are you going to do? Go through security again? The practice is so commonplace, we've largely become desensitized to it. An $8 Budweiser you say? That's practically…

Aug

08

2021

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Bojangles Adds All New Chicken Sandwich to the Menu

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By Melissa Locker | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #foodie “We can say with confidence that Bo's Chicken Sandwich is so cluckin' good you know it could only be Bojangles.” Bojangles may be 44 years old, but the beloved Southern chain isn't settling down. The chicken and biscuits purveyor has just unveiled a brand-new chicken sandwich that could blow away the competition. The new Bo's Chicken Sandwich features a marinated chicken breast coated in a crispy buttermilk breading, dusted with the Bojangles' secret mix of bold spices, and served on a toasted and buttered bun with a layer of zesty mayonnaise and…

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