Tuesday Food News

Posted by The Editorial Desk / Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Save the bees with Todd Thrasher’s new honey-infused cocktail

Bon Appetit’s blog, The BA Foodist, reports that local mixologist Todd Thrasher is offering a honey bee-themed cocktail at all the Armstrong locations (Restaurant Eve, Eamonn’s, The Majestic and PX) to support research on “Colony Collapse Disorder” (CCD), a serious threat to the nation’s population of honey bees. For every “Plight of the Honeybee” cocktail sold, Thrasher will donate $1 to CCD research at UC Davis.

U.K. bar renders chugging obsolete with new vaporized G&Ts

A couple of British guys transform a bar into a giant gin and tonic (complete with giant limes and the soundtrack of “the noise of liquid being poured over ice cubes”). Inside, patrons can simply breathe in the booze-y air:

“Just 40 minutes inside the venue – which delivers an intoxicating vapour of gin and tonic – will leave you feeling slightly merry.”

KFC hopes to revamp its brand with healthier KGC

Original Recipe, Extra Crispy…or grilled? TIME reports on KFC’s effort to target health-conscious consumers with a new line of Kentucky grilled chicken (4-9 grams of fat per piece compared to 7-21 grams per piece of Original Recipe):

“They still have the credibility barrier to overcome,” [restaurant analyst Larry] Miller said. While achievable, “it’s tough when your name has ‘fried’ in the middle.”

Select KFC locations will be offering customers a free piece of its new grilled chicken on April 27.

Foodie reflects on her reluctantly gluten-free diet

Diagnosed with celiac’s disease, Boston Globe correspondant Louisa Kasdon learns she can no longer indulge in breads, pasta, French fries or even sushi:

“It may sound overly dramatic, but for someone who lives to eat, accepting these huge restrictions was very difficult…Was there anything left to eat?”

– Christina Lee

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