This Man Gets Paid $4,000 for Slicing a Leg of Spanish Cured Ham
Florencio Sanchidrián has been slicing Iberian ham (jamon) for the last three decades and today his name is synonymous with the Spanish delicacy. The 55-year-old is regarded as the world’s best ham slicer in the world, and he charges accordingly for his services – a reported $4,000 to slice a leg of ham. Born in the […]
Tokyo Restaurant Will pay You $438 if You Can Eat This Giant Bowl of Ramen in 20 Minutes
If you love ramen and want to get paid for eating lots of it, I suggest visiting the Umakara Ramen Hyouri restaurant, in Tokyo, Japan. They will pay a cool 50,000 yen ($438) to anyone who finishes their giant bowl of delicious ramen in under 20 minutes, Easy money, right? Well, they don’t call these things eating […]
Italian Doctor Creates Ice-Cream That Improves Sporting Performance
“Who says that health foods have to taste bad?” That’s the question that inspired Italian cardiologist Dr. Valerio Sanguigni to create a tasty ice-cream with proven health benefits, including improved sport performance in youth. It’s a known medical fact that can help improve heart health and prevent certain diseases, with some studies even linking them […]
World’s Most Expensive Potato Chips Cost $11 a Piece, Come in Boxes of Five
In an attempt to create a special snack to go with their high quality beer, Sweetish brewery St. Erik’s has created the world’s most expensive potato chips. Apparently, St. Erik’s didn’t think Lays or Pringles chips were good enough to pair with their ale, so they decided to create their own exclusive snack and price it accordingly. “St. […]
New York Restaurant Employs Cooking Grandmas Instead of Professional Chefs
When it comes to tasty food, nothing beats grandma’s cooking! Well, except maybe more grandmas cooking in the same kitchen, which is exactly what goes on at Staten Island’s Enoteca Maria, a charming restaurant that employs grandmas from various parts of the world, instead of professional chefs. Enoteca Maria owner Jody Scaravella says that he […]
Australian man Spends 12 Years Turning Potatoes into Dairy-Free Cheese Called ‘Chato’
Andrew Dyhin, an Australian inventor and founder of the PotatoMagic company, claims that he has spent the last 12 years researching ways of transforming common potatoes into a cheese-like product that is completely dairy-free. “The product is called chato – cheese potato. It looks like cheese and melts like cheese, but it is nothing but […]
Only 5 People Have Managed to Finish This Giant Taco in the Last 18 years
Chacho’s Taco, a Tex-Mex eatery in Corpus Christi, Texas, has been challenging people to finish a spectacular 4-pound All-Mighty Taco in under 10 minutes ever since its inception, 18 years ago. During that time, only 5 really hungry people have managed to do it. The next-to-impossible eating challenge posed by Chacho’s Taco recently went viral on social media, after Norma […]
Get a Life-Size Tattoo of a Burger, Win Free Burgers for Life
Cafe 51, a popular burger joint in Melbourne, Australia, is offering anyone the chance to receive a free burger per day, for the rest of their lives, if they get a scale tattoo of one of their delicious burgers, anywhere on their bodies. “Tattoos are for life, so why shouldn’t burgers be free for life […]
World’s Spiciest Tortilla Chips Are Sold One at a Time in Coffin-Shaped Boxes
Using extract from the hottest chilli pepper on the planet, American company Paqui Chips has created the world’s spiciest tortilla chip – the Carolina Reaper Madness. It’s apparently so hot that it only comes in packs of one. Usually, when you open a bag of tortilla chips, you never stop at one, but when it comes to […]
Introducing the Hamdog – The Crazy Hamburger-Hotdog Hybrid You Never Knew You Craved
From now on, when you get the munchies for a delicious street food snack, you’ll no longer have to choose between a hamburger and a hotdog, because you can have both in the same bun. Introducing the Hamdog, probably the craziest fast food hybrid ever. Mark Murray, of Perth, Australia, came up with the idea for the […]
Former Inmates Are Obsessed with These Heavenly-Tasting Jail Potato Chips
The Whole Shabang chips reportedly taste like heaven, but until recently, you literally had to commit a crime to get your hands on a bag. That’s because they are jail chips available exclusively to inmates and jail visitors. To say that former inmates are obsessed with The Whole Shabang chips would be an understatement. For years, […]
Food Expert Creates Unmeltable Premium Freeze-Dried Ice Cream for the Masses
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could enjoy a nice refreshing ice-cream on a hot summer day without having to constantly lick at it to keep it from dripping all over your hands? Well, thanks to Gastronaut ice Cream, now you can! 34-year-old Rob Collington, founder of Gastronaut Ice Cream, had always been a big […]
New York Restaurant Sells Bone Broth Popsicles
Springbone Kitchen, a New York restaurant famous for its trendy bone broth, has found a way making the meaty liquid appealing even when it’s hot outside by turning it into a popsicle. The bone broth diet trend has been around for a while, but it really picked up steam last winter when celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma […]
This Turkish Pudding Proves Chicken Makes a Great Dessert
Meat doesn’t sound like a great ingredient for desserts, but that’s probably because you’ve never tried ‘tavuk göğsü’, a creamy, sweet pudding with chicken breast as its main ingredient. Legend has it that tavuk göğsü was invented centuries ago, when one of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire got a craving for something sweet in the […]
This “Impossible Burger” Is Made of Plants, Tastes Just Like Real Meat
San Francisco-based startup Impossible Foods might have just achieved the impossible – making plants tastes like meat. Their Impossible Burger is made entirely of plants, but sizzles on the grill, oozes fat and reportedly tastes like a delicious cooked beef patty. Red meat consumption around the world is at an all time high, but producing […]