THE NOSE KNOWS: Tastiest lie ever told (Photo by Edward Adams)
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Disney’s Pinocchio, local school children were invited to eat Pinocchio’s nose — a 70-foot Italian Sub sandwich at the Center for Puppetry Arts. The massive sandwich was provided by Carlyle’s Corporate Catering. When cut, the sub provided over 300 sandwiches for kids and the event attendees.
The promotion was part of the Center for Puppetry Art’s “Pinocchio Day” celebration. Today’s event featured the unveiling of a platinum Pinocchio marionette provided by Disney and a Pinocchio puppet-making class.
Last week Omnivore linked to a New York Times op-ed piece, “No Lunch Left Behind” about the National School Lunch Program in which contributers’ Alice Waters and Katrina Heron call for a complete overhaul of meal management and options. Instead of the usual chicken nuggets and cardboard pizza, they’d like to see more freshly cooked, nutritious alternatives on the weekly menus. According to the editorial:
Many nutrition experts believe that it is possible to fix the National School Lunch Program by throwing a little more money at it. But without healthy food (and cooks and kitchens to prepare it), increased financing will only create a larger junk-food distribution system. We need to scrap the current system and start from scratch. Washington needs to give schools enough money to cook and serve unprocessed foods that are produced without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. When possible, these foods should be locally grown.
The proposed changes would have a $27 billion price tag which is a far cry from the reported $9 billion tab in 2007. Unfortunately, this seemingly reasonable request which would help combat record number childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes doesn’t have a fighting chance. Lobbyist and other advocacy groups vie to sway scientific opinion in order to cash in on this lucrative distribution market.
The American News Project posted this feature on YouTube explaining how corporate interests muddy the fight for better nutrition in the public school lunch program.
On Friday, the web was peppered with rumblings about a video featuring Dan Ackroyd of SNL/Ghost Busters fame promoting vodka in a replica of a crystal skull. Some people thought it was a joke – a satire piece to promote the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull DVD release, but believe it or not it’s real.
Crystal Head is a quadruple-distilled, Herkimer diamond-filtered vodka produced by the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation according to the Crystal Head Vodka website. The bottle is an accurate glass rendering of the human skull created by artist, John Alexander.
Although I couldn’t find any package stores in Atlanta who plan to carry it (or had heard of it for that matter), you can purchase it online at winex.com and BevMo.com. Crystal Skull retails online between $39 – $49.
Hotlanta made a scorch mark on television this morning. On ABC’s “The View,” Two Urban Licks was featured as one of several restaurants serving some of the hottest foods in the U.S.
Food Network’s “Unwrapped” host Marc Summers led the segment sampling Two Urban Licks’ baby back ribs that are apparently slathered in a barbecue sauce infused with a Tabasco sauce reduction — which is the source of all its heat.
View host Sherri Shepherd sampled most of dishes and originally didn’t think the the ribs were too spicy, but the heat crept up on her as she soon downed a glass of milk to cool her palette. The list of all the restaurant dishes mentioned on today’s show will be posted on The View’s web site later today. Two Urban Licks is located at 820 Ralph McGill Boulevard. Call for reservations.
