Gigabiting

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It’s the dinner guest from hell.

You know the one. He’s not a vegetarian. His diet is not restricted by religion. He doesn’t have food allergies or a medical condition. He’s  just plain fussy.

We think of picky eating as a childhood phenomenon, but there are adults among us– otherwise sensible, well-adjusted men and women– who somehow never outgrew their fussiness. They are perversely choosy, banishing from their diets specific foods and entire food groups. Adult picky eaters might have given up the high chair histrionics of the toddler years, but otherwise haven’t ‘grown out of it,’ as everyone predicted. Read entire article.

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Everyone loves a bargain.

Just 21 months old, the online social shopping service Groupon has signed up 12 million subscribers, adding nearly two million more each month. It’s grown to more than 1,000 employees, has been profitable since June 2009, and recently attracted a $135 million dollar round of investment from the venture capital group behind Facebook. (Gigabiting first looked at the Groupon phenomenon when it reached the one million subscriber mark) Read entire article.

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I was at this restaurant. The sign said Breakfast Anytime. So I ordered french toast in the Renaissance.

– Steven Wright

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Breakfast for lunch. Or dinner.

Breakfast is a meal best served all day. Few of us have the time or the inclination for much more than some nibbles of toast with our morning coffee. Better to save the calories and indulgent flavors for a midday break or even dinner when the day is winding down and we can take the time to savor them. Read entire article.

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We’ve always liked our flavors the way we like our politicians.

A little dull, a little bland. In a world of extremes, America has remained moderate, clinging steadfastly to the middle. But the winds of change have been blowing. Iceberg lettuce has given way to arugula, mayonnaise to garlic aioli, yellow mustard to dijon. Read entire article.

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Same decor, same frontega chicken panini and banana nut muffin tops, same youthful, chipper cashiers. Panera’s newest bakery/cafe is identical to its other 1,400 locations with one exception: here the menu has no prices.

Apparently there is such as thing as a free lunch. Read entire article.

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Notice anything different on Yelp? Beginning this week, you can read reviews that the site’s automatic filtering system had previously hidden from view.

Did you think that Yelp was a level playing field? Silly you.

Yelp has been stung by charges that it manipulates its users’ feedback to favor businesses that advertise on the site. The review site insists that its filter serves to maintain the integrity of the site by screening out reviews that are biased and untrustworthy, such as positive reviews written by the business itself or negative reviews that come from a competitor. Read entire article.