London Olympics

WATCH: Danny Bowien Makes Jimmy Fallon Cook With Absurdly Huge Chopsticks

by Tina Nguyen

Yes, they look like props from a late night comedy show -- but any self-respecting Asian knows of the enormous chopsticks that their parents used for stir-frying. (Remember, the ones the length of a child's entire arm?). Danny Bowien respects the giant chopsticks.

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Eddie Huang On Cooking With Weed (And Cheetos)

by Tina Nguyen

Incredible revelations about the Human Panda abound in the latest edition of High Times. For instance: did you know that Eddie Huang smokes the reefer? If you didn't, prepare to be totally astounded by the rhapsody of weed that is this interview.

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Martha Stewart On Her Ex-Husband: 'He Went Nuts And Left Me! Can You Imagine?'

by Mariella Mosthof

Martha Stewart stopped by The Dr. Oz Show today to hawk her new book Living the Good Long Life, and while conversation turned inevitably to her Match.com dating life, she revealed a few bawdy tidbits we didn't expect to hear from ever-cordial Martha.

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GIVEAWAY: Tickets To Meet (And Eat With!) Adam Richman And 40 Of NYC's Best Chefs

by Laura Norkin

Richman's hosting the NYC event for the third year in a row, and says, "whenever you have a chef that's like, 'this is just something I'm playing with,' you know that's always going to be the dope shit." You know what else is dope? Winning free tickets to The New Taste of the Upper West Side. See how right here:

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Olympics

Fed Up With Olympics, London Restaurateur Sends £90,000 Bill To Mayor Boris Johnson

by Tina Nguyen 1:15 pm, August 10th

Boris Johnson’s prediction screwed over restaurateurs who spent a considerable amount of money preparing for an influx of extra customers. Some of them are understandably pissed, like Neleen Straus of the South African restaurant High Timber.
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News

Week In Review, July 30 – August 5: Olympics, Food Trucks, and Controversy

by Julia Emmanuele 12:49 pm, August 5th

In case you’ve missed some of the interesting things we’ve been doing here at The Braiser this week, we’ve put together a handy slideshow of the most newsworthy stories. Happy Sunday!
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Last Call

Last Call: Gabby Douglas, Olympic Champion and Face of Corn Flakes

by Julia Emmanuele 5:00 pm, August 3rd

The gold medalist has something new to celebrate. PLUS: Skittles gets weird, a new way of eating ketchup and will everyone please stop messing with our fast food ingredients?
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Last Call

Last Call: Olympic Food Fight!

by Julia Emmanuele 6:02 pm, July 12th

Everybody’s got a problem with the food that will be served at the Olympic Games. Plus: the worst possible location for a coffee shop, and food for Mars.
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Bragging Rights

Jamie Oliver Carries Olympic Torch Through His Hometown

by Tina Nguyen 12:05 pm, July 8th

Despite the torrential downpour, hundreds lined the streets to see the celebrity chef and healthy eating advocate run the torch through his hometown of Newport and past his childhood alma mater, the Newport Free Grammar School.
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Food In Politics

London Assembly Wants Olympics To Ban McDonald’s Sponsorship (And Restaurant)

by Tina Nguyen 4:30 pm, July 6th

Poor International Olympic Committee! All it wants to do is hold a really, really cool London Olympic Games, but everyone hates on their decisions!
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Last Call

Last Call: Marcus Samuelsson Is Awesome And Water Is Wet

by Julia Emmanuele 5:21 pm, June 29th

Marcus Samuelsson wrote an essay about interracial adoption and the way people reacted to his family growing up. Another day, another example of Marcus being awesome.
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Last Call

Last Call: Vegans Are Having A Good News Day

by Julia Emmanuele 6:07 pm, June 22nd

Vegans might have another reason to be smug — and a surprising new celebrity spokesperson.
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