Daily Loaf

Maybe you haven’t done it. Maybe you have. Or maybe you’ve never even thought about it.

I have been known on several occasions to turn my “to-go beverage” from Chick-Fil-A or Panera Bread into a traveling drink. It starts like this…

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Great way to start hump day… free coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts. According to television ads, the remaining Wednesdays in February, Dunkin’ Donuts will be handing out a free medium coffee with no additional purchase required.

Mark your calendars… 2/11, 2/18 & 2/25

I haven’t personally confirmed this in Tampa, but many Chick Fil A’s across the nation are offing a free breakfast promotion of sorts during February, including down in south Florida.

Examples of the promotions in other markets: return of the free Wednesday offer (chicken biscuit or one of the new options) and a free breakfast item weekday mornings (this is the south Florida deal).
Anyone want to comment back with a confirmation?

Obama was inagurated on Tuesday, and in the frenzy of media coverage you may have missed what’s really important — sustenance. No worries, we have the entire week distilled down to a mere few links. Just for you:

• Listen to the inaugural episode of Nosh Pit, CL’s new food and wine podcast.
• Brush up on Girl Scout Cookie gossip.
• Bourdain calls Alice Waters “very Khmer Rouge”.
• I call Alice Waters out for $500 dinners.
• Three new Tampa restaurants (and Cupcake Spot) are scheduled to open this weekend. Taylor already ate at one of them.
• Three words: waffle fry butts.
• Obama orders a medium-well cheeseburger. For. Shame.
• Chocolate and bacon cupcakes with peanut butter icing.
• Argentina kills our last bets hope for quality beef.
• USDA releases ineffectual, voluntary rules for the term “naturally raised”.
• Ingredient Basics: Garlic

They are the small, oddly shaped fries, with one non-waffle side at Chick-Fil-A. Chances are, you may not even notice them, but there they are, lurking near the bottom.

It comes from the end of the potato when it’s sliced to be made into fries. It’s not a whole waffle fry, but more half waffle, half butt. Hence, Waffle Fry Butt.

You might be a Waffle Fry Butt fanatic, but personally I can’t stand them. They taste uncomfortable in your mouth, like you are eating a piece of fried skin. It’s smooth and a little darker than the rest of the fry.

My question – why does Chick-Fil-A keep the butts? Read the rest of this entry »

Well one thing is for sure, Chick-Fil-A isn’t being shy about promoting their Chicken Biscuit for Breakfast.

On New Year’s Day they gave away coupons for a free chicken biscuit with a purchase to every guest in the restaurant, all day. If you got a coupon they are good through the end of March.

If you didn’t get a coupon and you still want free chicken for breakfast it looks like you’ll have the opportunity again. Read the rest of this entry »