- 107-pound woman wins World Champion Barbecue Eating Contest: "Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, of Alexandria, swallowed 23 barbecue sandwiches in 12 minutes to claim the title, $2,000 and the honor of wearing the champion's belt for a year." Sonya is my hero.
- Chowhound thread on "real wasabi"
- The perfect cheese sandwich: The perfect sandwich requires a perfectly sliced cheese. The best flavor requires that different cheeses be sliced to different thicknesses. "Dr Fisher, of the University of Bristol, revealed that to ensure optimum 'cheesiness', Cheddar should be 2.8 millimetres thick, while Caerphilly should measure 4.5 millimetres, and Blue Stilton three millimetres." (via Food Blog)
- Related: the grilled mac & cheese sandwich
- Lia meets and eats the McGriddle: "The McGriddle is tinier than the McMuffin and seems expensive at $2.69 until I realize how much bagels cost -- this sucker has sausage, egg and cheese and a griddle cake. And it tastes good, very weird but good. Where the McMuffin is salty and firm, the McGriddle is sweet and soft, with tiny pockets of syrup baked in. This was the thing that got me most interested in the McGriddle when I saw the ads, what made me wonder for months if I would like the McGriddle or not, and it totally worked."