The Force is strong with us this week, as the latest Star Wars fanfare finally reaches its culmination with the release of Episode VII: The Force Awakens —  but maybe not as strong with the advertising wizards who came up with these ideas, which are curious, at best, and asinine…

Starting back in the 1970s, a decades-spanning ad campaign by the American Egg Board (yes, there is such a thing)  was launched that spent tons of money getting Americans to remember “the incredible edible egg” — complete with annoying jingle — when we were deciding what to eat for breakfast…

Recently, caffeine juggernaut Starbucks rolled out plans to start selling alcohol in many of its stores (and they’re not alone, as evidenced by our recent look at Denver’s best coffeehouses with booze). But wine and beer aren’t the only side products the company has dabbled in: The jolly bean giant…

Last week we brought you a list of the of the manliest candies — those sweets that prove the presence of cojones of some sort or another. In honor of the most grateful day in American culture, we now present readers with a Thanksgiving edition. (You’re welcome.) To serve your family the…

Next week, we’ll all be strapping on the holiday feed-bag and gluttonously consuming as many calories as we can fit over our belts before we pass out on the nearest empty couch, listening to the low gurgle of one meal taking approximately 1.3 months off our expected lifespans. And the…

In the most recent Esquire, Chris Jones extols the virtues of Jujubes, calling them “the only candy a man should eat.” This, of course, is utter bullshit, as are his claims that they should be pronounced “joo-joobs,” which is only slightly less precious than referring to Target as “Tar-zhay.” Jujubes…

Let’s face it: At some point during this holiday season, you’re going to need a drink. And when you arrive at the bar, you’re probably going to be near-frozen, because, you know, it’s winter — the time of year, when, so sings the song, the weather can be downright “frightful.”…

What with the Food Network and the proliferation of culinary personalities all over the place, do you ever wonder what those folks might do in a zombie apocalypse? They’d die, of course. And then become zombies themselves. But what then? They’d do what they’ve always done, obviously. They’d annoy the…

Okay, so you’re high. And you’ve got the munchies. And this is October, so there’s candy everywhere at the store. So you grab a bag of fun-sized fun, and you take it home to the buds with whom you share your bud. And you enjoy the candy, of course, but…

Granted, chili is something of a sacred thing — and the nature of that sacredness varies, depending on where you were brought up, and what your grandma ladled into a bowl. Still, there are some things that you can do to chili that seem like anathema, whether or not you…