FoodBlogCT News Week 11 2013

Thursday, the 14th of March

Summary of recent outbursts by Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsayis a mean dude, at least on TV. He berates various contestants on his reality show, and instead of building people up, he often  breaks them down. In his personal life, he has been embroiled in various disputes with members of his family. [read more]

Epic Restaurant on an Oil Rig!

This huge concrete island may look like an oil drilling platform but it is in fact the home of a new restaurant in the Amsterdam. [read more]

Reasons why you shouldn’t eat Chicken Nuggets

The worker wrote that while all the ingredients in the nuggets are 100 percent chicken, it just isn’t 100 percent meat, at least in his opinion. Despite his claims, chains such as McDonald’s purport to use only chicken breast meat. [read more]

How to pair Food with Beer

If you’re serious about beer then you’re going to absolutely love this infographic from Frugal Dad. As well as setting out some great beer based facts and some tips on serving it in an optimum way the simple chart offers some great hints on how to pair beer with food. [read more]

Wedenesday, the 13th of March

 Cape Town bars to close at 2am

The parties will have to end at 2am as from 1 April 2013. And no, this is not an April Fools joke. [read more]

10 “Italian” Foods You Won’t Find In Italy

Italian cuisine might just be the world’s favorite; adored from Tokyo to Chile. The Italians themselves are so attached to their national dishes that you’ll be hard-pressed to find an Italian who visits a foreign country and doesn’t long for a “fix” within hours. But unfortunately for that homesick, hungry Italian tourist, something fishy often happens to their cuisine as soon as it leaves the motherland. [read more]

Breakfast Beer launched | Would you drink it?

Would you drink beer for breakfast? A Scottish brewery is banking on it. [read more]

 China Destroys Nearly Two Tons Of Ikea Chocolate Cake

Chinese authorities say they have destroyed nearly two tons of chocolate cake imported by Sweden’s Ikea for violating food quality standards. [read more]

Tuesday, the 12th of March

World’s Best Restaurant becomes World’s Sickest Restaurant

Danish food safety officials ordered a cleanup and better food handling at Noma, one of the world’s top restaurants, after more than 60 people fell ill with viral gastroenteritis from eating at the two-star Michelin eatery that has also hit top spot three times in the world’s best restaurants list in Restaurant magazine. [read more]

Columbia Students consume up to 45kg of Nutella per day

How obsessed? Columbia College Student Council representative Peter Bailinson told the Columbia Spectator and The New York Times that according to Vicki Dunn, the executive director of university Dining Services, students are consuming up to 100 pounds of the Italian chocolate hazelnut spread each day, costing Dining Services $5,000 a week since the spread was first introduced last month. [read more]

 The 100% Bacon Dress

Bacon madness strikes again and this time in the form of a 100% bacon dress. Yes that’s an entire dress made from sweet sweet bacon. [read more]

Red wine may be elixir of youth

The medicinal properties of the odd glass of red wine have long been document, and embraced. But now an international team of boffins has published a paper asserting that a particular compound found in red can activate an anti-ageing protein. [read more]

Monday, the 11th of March

 Jolie-Pitt Wine sells out in 5 hours

As if no one could have imaged it, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s rosé sold out in just five hours, People reports. [read more]

Iceland finds more beefless beef pies

Iceland added more flavour on Wednesday to the scandal of mislabelled food products reported in many European countries when its food agency found no meat whatsoever in some tested products. [read more]

Winemag’s Top 10 Supermarket Wines

Whether it’s fantastic overseas bargains, own-label new releases or simply a great wine at a great price, Winemag’s Top 10 Supermarket Wines will show you what to stock up on in March. [read more]

 Diddy and Mark Wahlberg launch they own water

Yes, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Mark Wahlberg have combined their rapper-acting-producer talents in a joint venture with AQUAhydrate, a Southern California-based water brand. [read more]

FoodBlogCT News

SecretEats launches in Cape Town

Monks Chinese Giveaway (comp closed)