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Satisfries: No "Satisfraction" at Burger King

In their seemingly endless quest to bark eternally up the wrong tree, when it comes to ways to revitalize their food and their brand, Burger King has released a new lower-calorie version of their second-rate french fries. While we didn't think it was possible for the company to release a more yawn-i ... More >>

McDonald's Chicken "Mighty Wings": Animals Have Bones!

McDonald's has finally overcome its 50-year resistance to the notion of animals having bones. And the results are kind of awesome. The company has spent nearly half a century working as hard as it possibly could to separate "eating" from "animals" in the mind of the public. Starting in the late 197 ... More >>

This Week in Self-Loathing: New Offerings from McDonald's and Taco Bell

This week, we're looking at new offerings from two of the major fast food players: The inevitable expansion of Taco Bell's wildly successful "Doritos Locos Tacos" line (or "DLT," because ugh), and the new "Steak, Egg, and Cheese" McMuffins and breakfast biscuits from McDonald's.

Calorie Advice Doesn't Affect Food Choices

Scanning the menu at McDonald's, you see that a Big Mac has 550 calories while a Ranch Snack Wrap has 270 calories. Then you are handed some general "calorie consumption guidelines." Does that make you order the wrap or forgo the fries (230 calories)? The answer, according to a new study, is a reso ... More >>

Can McDonald's Become a New Fad Diet?

McDonald's CEO Don Thompson recently shared his weight loss strategy at an analyst conference -- and it didn't require setting aside daily meals at the fast food chain. In fact, perhaps taking a tip or two from Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle, McDonald's meals are a part of Thompson's daily diet, ma ... More >>

Fast Food Update: Wendy's to Introduce Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger, Burger King Gets a McRib

Fast food is a cutthroat business -- the days of sitting back and resting on your Whopper laurels are over. Or at least it seems that way, with fast food companies coming up with ever-more creative special menu items to keep customers excited. This week came the news that Wendy's will be introduci ... More >>

The Stoners Have Won: McDonald's Considers All-Day Breakfast

Duuuuude. You know how you, like, totally need an Egg McMuffin at 3 p.m. on a Wednesday and it's, like, a total bummer that you can't get one? Well that might all be about to change. In an interview on Friday with CNBC, McDonald's CEO Don Thompson said the company would "consider" serving breakfas ... More >>

Fast Food's Healthful Makeover: Truth or Perception?

Recently, Wendy's rolled out flatbread sandwiches and McDonald's added a yolk-less breakfast sandwich to their respective menus. Taco Bell has indicated its desire to shed its junk food persona. Giving alternatives for healthful eating has become a main strategy for fast food restaurants. And the ef ... More >>

Now Open: LYFE Kitchen in Culver City

LYFE (an acronym for Love Your Food Everyday) Kitchen opened in Downtown Culver City on Feb. 25, in the former Gyenari location. Featuring an eco, health, social and somewhat budget conscious dining concept, LYFE has two of McDonald's top executives, Michael Donahue and Mike Roberts, at the helm. (E ... More >>

McDonald's to Start Posting Calorie Counts on Menus

In what some might see as an attack on the Big Mac, McDonald's will start posting the calorie amounts of its fast food items on its menus starting next week, The New York Times reports. "We recognize customers want to know more about the nutrition content of the food and beverages they order," Jan ... More >>

Q & A with Ben Campbell: How (and Why) to Make a Mummy out of McDonald's Food

There's playing with your food, and there's Playing With Your Food. A kind of brilliant example of the latter is the artwork of Ben Campbell, a Texas artist who recently constructed a mummy entirely out of McDonald's food. Campbell, who describes himself as "some guy in West Texas who makes artwork ... More >>

Coachella Explosion Rocks McDonald's in 100-Plus Degree Heat

It got so hot at Coachella over the weekend there was an explosion. No, not the kind seen on-stage at the Coachella festival when holographic Tupac was on the mic: This was a real, honest-to-goodness blast of fire at an Indio McDonald's. Riverside County Sheriff's officials say this is what happen ... More >>

PETA to Swarm Echo Park McDonald's in Protest Over Chicken McNuggets (Really)

Taking on the global scourge of chicken abuse, PETA members plan to swarm an Echo Park McDonald's tomorrow. The source of their ire? "Terror and agony for millions of chickens" that are each year destined to become tasty, golden Chicken McNuggets, PETA says. According to an announcement from the g ... More >>

McDonald's Facing Two More Hot Coffee Lawsuits

Back a lifetime ago in 1994, McDonald's was sued over the temperature of its coffee when a woman accused the fast food chain of serving coffee so hot, it gave her third-degree burns when the cup spilled on her legs and groin. Now it's déjà vu all over again, as McDonald's is defending itself agai ... More >>

The Unhappiness Index: McDonald's Customers are Least Happy with Their Health Other Uncomfortable Insights Into Fast Food Choices

Apparently, one can guess whether you are happy or unhappy with your health based on your decision to have chicken nuggets from Chick-fil-A rather than from McDonald's. That is, according to the BIGinsight™ Monthly Consumer Survey, which ranked the happiness level of certain fast food customers o ... More >>

McDonald's Debuts the McRibster... In Austria

Is there a McRib-sized void in your arteries? In need of some cheese and bacon as well? Then book an international flight to Austria and indulge in McDonalds' newly introduced McRibster. According to Burger Business, McDonalds' sandwich creation contains "juicy pork, bacon, pepper-Jack cheese, and ... More >>

McDonald's Introduces Fatty, Salty Little Chicken Bombs

McDonald's Corp. The "snack size" McBites contain 310 calories. ​Taking on KFC's popcorn chicken, McDonald's is introducing a new fatty, salty treat: Chicken McBites, "poppable pieces of premium chicken breast seasoned to homestyle perfection," according to the Mickey D's website. The snack si ... More >>

"Modern Times, Forever"

Wendy's Dethrones Burger King as #2 Burger Chain

Among a slew of fast food headlines in 2011, the unveiling of a new Wendy's burger, Dave's Hot 'N Juicy, had lasting effects on the future of the fast food industry. Thanks largely to the new better-quality burger, Wendy's is set to surpass Burger King next year as the second-most popular (behind Mc ... More >>

"We Bought A Zoo," Brought to You by McDonald's Listening to Ryan Gosling

M. RochlinThe McDonald's sign at Venice & Overland​It may be a signal that the infrastructure of Los Angeles is further declining. Or that the recent wild Santa Anas blew further west than initially thought. Or maybe this McDonald's sign, on the corner of Venice and Overland in Culver City, is ... More >>

John Atterberry, Music Exec, Died Today Following Friday's Sunset & Vine Shooting Spree Caught on Video

Tyler Brehm on Facebook.​Updated at the bottom with victim John Atterberry dying today. First posted at 11:12 a.m. Friday. A suspect was dead this morning after at least one LAPD officer responding to a "man-with-a-gun" call at the iconic intersection of Sunset and Vine opened fire, police to ... More >>

McDonald's, Target Drop Egg Supplier Over Cruelty Concerns

Flickr/Calgary ReviewsMcDonald's will find a new egg source for its McMuffins.​ McDonald's and Target dropped one of the nation's largest egg suppliers after an animal rights group released an undercover video last Friday of the egg producer's farms in three states, according to the Associated ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/17-10/21

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Can you get a vegan mi quang? This is Echo Park. You shouldn't have to ask." Central Vietnamese in the O.C. ... or Echo Park. "And rather than the 'Select' and 'Start' printed on the controller, ... More >>

The McDonald's Channel: Fast Food HDTV

​ The reprogramming of America just keeps getting scarier. First Oprah launched her own television channel (OWN), and now McDonald's is doing the same. Not on your home HDTV (yet), but in its own restaurants. The McDonalds Channel (McDTV, doubtless) will soon be in some 800 California restaura ... More >>

Emily Strunk-Heim, Long Beach Marathoner, Will Eat Only McDonald's for Month Before Run (a la 'Supersize Me')

ABC7The stuff of life.​Update: She's not the first to try it. "McRunner" Joe D'Amico pulled the same stunt before the L.A. Marathon earlier this year, and lived to tell the tale. Finished 29th, even! It's psychotic enough to go on a strict McDonald's diet while filming an award-winning docume ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/25-7/29

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Plus, there's a citrus slush, a bioflavonoid bomb enhanced with pomegranate vinegar, that is to a Jamba Juice concoction what a Kia Soul is to your mom's Subaru Forester." Iota: K-Town Teen Heaven ... More >>

Mrs. Obama Approves: McDonald's Selling Apples Trimming Calories

iirraa/flickrApples at McDonald's​ Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama and James Gavin III practically shed tears of joy over Wal-Mart's professed commitment to selling good food cheaper and expanding into barren Whole Foods-deprived "food deserts." Gavin said, perhaps jokingly, that he hope ... More >>

Oinkster does Umami, Father's Office & McDonald's for Burger Week

​It's a little late for National Hamburger Day, but it's never too late in our book. From June 6th through June 12th, Eagle Rock pastrami haven and burger barn The Oinkster is hosting its own Burger Week. They're honoring the mighty meat with a burger-a-day tribute to their favorite local ea ... More >>

McDonald's Hiring Spree Inspires Hundreds to Vie For Jobs in L.A.

McDonald's​We're not sure if this is a positive sign of a turnaround, or an image that will be our time's version of a Depression-era soup line. But it appears that people are making a run on those thousands of jobs that have opened up at McDonald's. Yeah, the restaurant chain that not even A ... More >>

Beyond the Burger: Top 5 Fast Food Sides & Desserts

Sweet Plantains at El Pollo Campero​ It is probably no surprise that being thrifty about food is extremely difficult for us, no matter how the economy is doing; even our vast knowledge of happy hours and hole-in-the-wall Mexican food can't save us. With that in mind, we set out to discover so ... More >>

Love Among the Nuggets: McWeddings on the Rise in Hong Kong

ceetap/Flickr​ In other countries, McDonald's franchises sell different things.  Big Macs are made with lamb in much of India.  In Greece, a Greek Mac consists of several smaller patties tucked into a pita.  In Hong Kong, you can get a burger sandwiched between compressed sheets of glutinou ... More >>

McDonald's Serves Oatmeal: Terrible or Edible?

N. GalutenMcDonald's enters the oatmeal business​Fast food restaurants love adding new items to their menus, and then promoting them to the point at which every single person in the country is aware that KFC has replaced bread with fried chicken. (Does anyone else remember the Tracy Jordan Mea ... More >>

McDonald's Going Big in Japan

​ Last Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported on what it may have perceived to be a case of irony: In Japan, where citizens traditionally eat a healthier diet, live longer, and weigh less than their American counterparts, McDonald's has launched Big America 2, a marketing campaign featuri ... More >>

The Platonic Ideal

Farmshop's french fries are what fries should be

[Updated] First Bite: The Platonic Ideal, or FarmShop's French Fries Are What Fries Should Be

Jonagold apple, portions removed​Update: Department of Corrections. In this week's First Bite column, which waxed rather purple over French fries at the rather too new FarmShop, we misidentified the price of the potatoes involved. We were erroneously brought a $4.50 serving of French fries ins ... More >>

UK Turns to McDonald's, Pepsi, to Help Write Health Policy

Pleasure PalateMcDonald's: your healthcare specialist​ And you thought our healthcare system was screwed up? The Guardian's Felicity Lawrence reported last week that the United Kingdom is getting a little assistance with their newest healthcare policy -- by bringing in McDonald's, PepsiCo, and ... More >>

Consumer Reports Ranks Best-Tasting U.S. Burgers

RachellebAmerica's Favorite Burger​ Turns out Burger King -- and McDonald's, Wendy's and Jack in the Box -- no longer rank among U.S. burger royalty. Consumer Reports recently published a list of our 18 favorite fast food burgers and local legend In-N-Out got top honors. While obviously proud ... More >>

Small Town Bans Chain Restaurants -- Gets Sued

Flickr/Simon ShekShould this sandwich be illegal?​ Some towns, to maintain their unique personality, have an ordinance in place banning "formula restaurants" like McDonald's and Applebee's from opening up within their borders. One of those towns -- Springdale, Utah -- has been doing it since ... More >>

The French Fry as Economic Ruler: Germany Braces for Shorter Fries

Anne FishbeinFrench fries at Church & State​ French fries have always been prized for their uniformity and length -- see Michael Pollan on the potato and McDonald's -- but the size of your fries is determined by more than just aesthetics. (Your size matters joke here _______.) According to the ... More >>

McDonald's Being Sued Over 'Happy Meal' Toys Following California County's Move To Ban Them

​A nutrition watchdog group has threatened to sue McDonalds over its "Happy Meals." The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) threatened (PDF) to sue if the fast food chain did not stop using toys to market Happy Meals. "McDonald's practice of dangling toys in front of children is ... More >>

Top 10 Worst Potential McFood Ideas

Chris SaulitWhat can we get for you?​ Sometimes fast food restaurants come up with menu ideas that really make your brain hurt. Amazingly, they could be doing a lot worse. For every KFC Famous Bowl, P'Zone, Volcano Taco and Nacho Crunch Burrito, there are hundreds upon hundreds of far more te ... More >>

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Franz Ferdinand Singer to US Label: I'd Rather Eat Cow Shit Than McDonalds!

James Freeman via FlickrHave You Had Your Break Today?​Stereogum and Rolling Stone report that Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos, "a noted foodie who compiled his eating adventures into a travelogue called Sound Bites," is really upset at the band's US label Epic Records for licensing one o ... More >>

Marijuana Dispensary Shut Down By County

​While the Los Angeles City Council has been sitting on its hands for the last three years and still has yet to produce a law governing local pot dispensaries, the county government of Los Angeles put regulations on the book in 2006 and this week moved to close a marijuana shop in Whittier. C ... More >>

Until the Light Takes Us Will Bring You into the Darkness Tonight

Here's a movie that'll kill your Christmas spirit, though if you're a black metal fan, you ​wouldn't have any to begin with. After screening as part of last year's AFI Fest, the theatrical release of N.Y. filmmakers/musicians Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell's Norwegian black metal documentary Unt ... More >>

5 American Fast Food Items You Can't Get in America

While America may be known around the world as a fast food paradise, there are actually some menu items you can't get stateside. Here are our Top 5 oddities from abroad. 1. McDonald's Spaghetti and Fried Chicken (Philippines) Fried chicken with a side order of spaghetti? Yes, please! McDonald's Ph ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

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