SNACK TIME: Taco Hell, Freebies for Food Heads, Bank-Breaking Spices, Backyard Farm Support, Equestrian Eating ... and Ron Jeremy's food truck

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SNACK TIME: Taco Hell, Freebies for Food Heads, Bank-Breaking Spices, Backyard Farm Support, Equestrian Eating ... and Ron Jeremy's food truck

POSTED: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 9:07 PM

Filed Under: Snack Time

- Â¿QUE PASO GUEY? Something loco is going on in various Taco Bell locations. Food fights, drunken stabbings, cooler deaths â a general WTF all around. Freep shares the bizarre details. - Saveur wants to make all of you food lovers out there happy in 2011. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, you can enter to win items such as copper saucepans, cookbooks and espresso machines. Everyone loves a good lotto; go'head and get your gamble on. - Alba truffle who? The most expensive food by a landslide is pretty little saffron. Serious Eats provides insight on sourcing, spending, cooking and appreciating these pricey red threads. - Farm To Philly shares a brief, heartfelt documentary about Mill Creek Farm â an educational urban farm located in West Philly, at 49th and Brown â and how we can help them thrive against urban development. - The Canadians over at Globe and Mail think we should consider incorporating horsemeat into our diets, while using the adjective "cute" in the first line of the essay. I'm not sure I'm convinced; you can decide for yourselves. - Grub Street L.A. shares a little unexpected news of a food truck, called the Flying Pink Pig, that's made its way into the world of adult film as an XXX venue â in a film starring none other than Ron Jeremy. Don't worry, the truck will not be serving food to the pedestrians of Los Angeles.

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