The Malaysian Insider :: Food

Ludacris set to open chicken eatery in Atlanta airport

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:15 PM PDT

Chris "Ludacris" Bridges: To close Singapore-inspired Straits in Atlanta. — AFP pic

NEW YORK, Aug 27 — Rapper actor Ludacris has announced that his Chicken and Beer restaurant will be landing at Atlanta airport next year.

After taking to Twitter earlier this year to announce his next project, the entertainer put a date to his eatery's arrival on the same microblogging site this week, saying that the restaurant — named after one of his most successful albums — "Chicken-N-Beer" released in 2003 — will open in concourse D at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport next in 2013.

It's not the first time a rapper has decided to parlay his fame into a chicken joint. After a brief, unsuccessful stint in eastern Iowa, rapper and reality TV celebrity Flavor Flav opened a deep-fried chicken joint in Las Vegas earlier this year called House of Flavor.

And while the main link between Ludacris and his future restaurant is an aptly named album, Flavor Flav had graduated from culinary school and worked as a head cook before finding fame in the entertainment industry.

Lucadris is likewise no stranger to the restaurant business as he opened an Asian fusion restaurant Straits in Atlanta, inspired by Singaporean cuisine. The rapper said he planned to close the restaurant in order to focus on his upcoming airport venture.

He also co-owns Conjure Cognac and Soul headphones. — AFP/Relaxnews

Fictional food character releases ‘gastronomy guide’

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Aug 27 — Twitter avatar Ruth Bourdain — the culinary mashup of Anthony Bourdain and Ruth Reichl — is releasing a book next month described as a gastronomy guide filled with chapters that chronicle the importance of celebrity chef hairstyles and Mexican food-themed yoga poses.

In what promises to be as cheeky and irreverent as the anonymous personality's famously snarky tweets, Comfort Me with Offal: Ruth Bourdain's Guide to Gastronomy is set to be released on September 4, by Andrews McMeel Publishing.

The 204-page book also includes culinary pick-up lines, a primer on how to achieve the orgasmic potential of chocolate, and yoga poses inspired by the burrito, taco and quesadilla. Apparently.

The fake Twitter account for Ruth Bourdain was created in 2010 and mashes up Reichl's haiku-like tweets with a few f-bombs and Bourdain's signature acid-tongued sarcasm becoming a viral hit among online foodies.

The anonymous Twitter avatar, who has succeeded in concealing his or her identity, also won the James Beard Foundation Award for Humour last year.

But in recent months, Ruth Bourdain has had some online rivalry, with the appearance of Angry BFlay parodying Bobby Flay in seriously bitter but funny 140-character tweets.

As of August 23, Ruth Bourdain had about 57,000 followers, while Angry BFlay had 26,830.

Comfort Me with Offal will be available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. — AFP/Relaxnews

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Ahad, 26 Ogos 2012

The Malaysian Insider :: Food

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