At the recent Grilled Cheese Invitational, the sun was as hot and golden as the honored dish. The Cheese Reverend began the festivities with a cheesy convocation, and passionate cheese poets and callers later took the stage. More than 6,000 gathered, but the event was prepared to handle up to 8,000, a nice change from [...]
Bizarre as it sounds, the grilled cheese sandwich’s fame can be likened to that of Neil Patrick Harris. Both first resonated with a younger audience and were pigeonholed for a while—NPH as Doogie Howser and the grilled cheese as a cheap kid’s menu item. But in recent years both have managed to surprise us and [...]
The world’s largest Rice Krispie Treat — a 10,460-pound creation that seemed spawned from Willy Wonka’s factory — came to be on Sunday on the field outside the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge. A new TLC show called Mega Bites, hosted by San Diego restaurateur and Top Chef season-three finalist Brian Malarkey, created the treat for its pilot [...]