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• Eating Our Words gets us ready for the weekend by alerting us to the existence of pocket shots. Finally, an alcohol product designed specifically for endurance athletes.

So stupid it's awesome. (Or maybe vice versa.)

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• City of Ate keeps the Mother's Day articles rollin' on in with a list of five bizarre food commercials starring moms. Our favorite, the high fructose corn syrup ad below. Because if you can't clearly articulate why something totally unnatural is bad for you, it must be A-okay.

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• In case you've been living in a hole, Cafe Society is here to remind you that today is Cinco de Mayo. And, in honor of this Americanized drinking holiday, they're suggesting Cinco de Drinko and other great theme party ideas.

Mmm...margaritas.

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• Fat City kicks things off with the puzzling news of a new White Castle-scented candle. You know it's a questionable product when the profits are going to charity, and you'd rather just donate money directly.

Is that grease and regret I smell?

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• Short Order kicks things off by sharing some tips for taking great food pics with a point and shoot camera. The secret is all in remembering to aim your camera at the food.

Jacob Katel

That sure is a pretty looking dish.

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Here's what was being written about today in the world of food and dining news:

• Cafe Society helps get us ready for The Kentucky Derby with a round-up of five foods to eat in honor of Kentucky. Call it KFC all you want, everyone still knows what the K stands for.

Flickr: flickrized

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• Clean Plate Charlie gets things started with a depressing look at the 10 grossest foods we eat every day. Sure, like anyone is eating Spam on a daily basis.

Once a week at most.

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​The last of the preliminary rounds wrapped up last night, with five chefs vying to advance to the semifinals. Competing this time around were Maria Hines (the organic chef), Debbie Gold from St. Louis, Rick Tramonto (a previous Top Chef judge who owned Spike for using frozen scallops), Jody Adams (the one who makes awkward but amusing sex/food analogies), and Susur Lee (the vaguely terrifying chef who was voted one of the best of the millennium).

A gust of wind blows the weightless Kelly Choi into the Top Chef kitchen, and she explains to the contestants that their quickfire challenge is to create a fancy fruit platter that's both delicious and photogenic. She then adds that this is a high stakes quickfire, but instead of getting a $10,000 chip from the M Resort and Casino, this time around the winner will get a fast-track pass to the semifinals.

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• Eating Our Words speaks out in defense of KFC's Double Down by highlighting five "healthy" fast food options that are actually worse. Who knew salads could be unhealthy?

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• Voracious kicks things off with a bang, discussing today's release of the S. Pellegrino list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants. Oh, to have unlimited money and enough time to travel to each of them...

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