Here's What 2000 Calories Looks Like

Photo: Buzz Feed

Eater.com presents a fun video from Buzzfeed which documents what 2000 calories looks like in terms of different food items: Big Mac, French Fries, Avocados, Bread. Be sure to observe how few Big Macs and Cinnabons make up 2000 calories.

To view the video click here.

Bassetts Ice Cream Big in China

Photo: Philly.com

A recent article in Philly.com highlights the success of Bassetts Ice Cream in the China market.Over the last few years Bassetts has become America's largest exporter of U.S. made ice cream to China! At this point there are 3 classy Bassetts establishments in malls in China. The most popular flavor? Vanilla. 

Bassetts has a stand at the Reading Terminal Market and individual cartons of ice cream can be purchased at various grocery stores and markets.

The full article is here.

Best Bread in Philadelphia

On Tuesday Eater.com listed the 10 ten spots for bread. Some places that made the list were Parc, Metropolitan Bakery, and Artisan Boulanger Patissier. They forgot to mention TRS which offers the best baked bread in the city! :)

To read the full article click here.

TRS Library wishes you a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

McDonald's Shamrock Shake!

24 hour Juice ATM

Photo: Eater.com

Ever find yourself out at night wishing for some fresh squeezed juice or some wheat grass shake - but all the juice bars are closed?!? Well, this will never be a problem in Los Angeles, the home of the very first Juice ATM that operates 24/7. LA is also home of the first cupcake ATM and caviar ATM. What will be the next food ATM?!

Eater.com brings you the full story here.

Hot Topic in Food News: 63 customers sick from Worlds Best Restaurant

Photo: Eater.com

Last week it was announced that 63 customers from Rene Redzepi's famous restaurant Noma got sick from dining there. 63 out of 435 diners were infected with the 'Norovirus' between the dates of Febuary 12-16, 2013. Will Noma a restaurant featuring innovative food offerings of ferns and snails overcome this restaurant tragedy? Will it remain #1 restaurant? The world's top 50 restaurant list will be released in April...

Eater.com brings more of the Noma coverage here.

10 most commonly mispronounced menu items

Photo: Eat 24

Blog Eat 24 has created a list of 10 food items that are commonly mispronounced. The #1 food item they list is Pho which should actually sound like fuh. While I am sure you culinary students have pronunciations down pat, I bet you hear the occasional mispronunciations of menu items.

To read the full list of commonly mispronounced food items visit the Eat 24 posting here.

Hot Topic in Food News: Horse Meat on Menus

photo: tastingtable.com - Marc Vetri

Recently there has been much debate over the offering of horse meat on restaurant menus. Certain critics believe it is inhumane treatment of intelligent animals.  Philadelphia chef Marc Vetri weighs in on this argument with a much different response. What are your thoughts?

Read the full article from Huffington Post here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-vetri/humane-animal-slaughter-horse-meat_b_2784622.html

Korean McDonald's kicks out teenage customers for ordering $250 of fries

Photo: Eater.com

Eater.com covered an interesting story about a Korean McDonalds that kicked out teenage customers. Apparently the teenagers ordered $250 worth of french fries and spread it across several trays for sharing. One employee got so infuriated with the order delaying other customers orders that he decided to kick them out.

Even more strange is that this has been happening in McDonalds across Japan and Korea and is referred to as "Potato Parties". A McDonalds deal that offered a large fries for a discounted rate is believed to be the reason this potato trend is happening.

To read more:

Eater.com's coverage: http://eater.com/archives/2013/02/28/mcdonalds-korea-kicks-out-kids-for-ordering-250-worth-of-french-fries.php

Japan Daily Press: http://japandailypress.com/potato-parties-lead-to-misconduct-at-mcdonalds-japan-3017501