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To Eat This 8K-Calorie Breakfast, Sign a Waiver
To Eat This 8K-Calorie Breakfast, Sign a Waiver
in case you missed it
Oct 4, 2014 11:45 AM CDT

To Eat This 8K-Calorie Breakfast, Sign a Waiver

Chef of British cafe says 'the Hibernator' weighs 7 pounds

(Newser) - Think you're a big eater? One breakfast cooked up at the Bear Grills cafe in Congleton, England, is so daunting that only 20 people have tried it—and no one has successfully cleaned their plate. The chef tells the Daily Mail it's called "the Hibernator" because "...

Burger King: Have a Whopper for Breakfast

Chain rolls out 'Burgers for Breakfast' menu

(Newser) - As fast-food breakfast competition heats up, Burger King has come out with a new morning offering: The food it serves the rest of the day. The chain says that more than 5,000 locations will serve its new "Burgers at Breakfast" menu, including items like Whoppers, cheeseburgers, and fries,...

What McMuffin? Taco Bell Makes Run for Breakfast

Chain plans to go head-to-head with McD's

(Newser) - Taco Bell plans to go head-to-head—and burrito-to-burrito—with McDonald's in an effort to grab a big slice of the fast-food breakfast market. The chain plans to launch its breakfast menu at its almost 6,000 locations nationwide late next month, featuring items like the Waffle Taco, a breakfast...

Skip Breakfast, Jack Your Risk of a Heart Attack
Skip Breakfast, Jack Your Risk of a Heart Attack
study says
Jul 23, 2013 1:06 PM CDT

Skip Breakfast, Jack Your Risk of a Heart Attack

Study sees 27% greater chance

(Newser) - Breakfast may or may not be for champions, but skipping breakfast is for people who want a greater risk of a heart attack, reports CBS News . A Harvard study tracked the habits of 27,000 men for 16 years, and found that those who did without a morning meal were...

Taco Bell Quietly Testing 'Waffle Taco'

But ... it's not really a taco

(Newser) - After they figured out a way to turn Doritos into a taco , you knew it was only a matter of time before Taco Bell figured out a way to turn breakfast into a taco. Well, that time has come. The "Mexican food" chain is testing a Waffle Taco at...

This Now Exists: Mountain Dew Breakfast Drink

A delightful mix of caffeine, Dew flavor, artificial sweeteners, and juice

(Newser) - Just when you thought Americans couldn't get any unhealthier comes this culinary revelation: a Mountain Dew breakfast drink. PepsiCo's carbonated Kickstart rolls out this month, bringing the bleary-eyed masses a mix of "Mountain Dew flavor," caffeine, artificial sweeteners, Vitamins B and C, just 80 calories, and...

Taco Bell's New Breakfast Drink: '17 Teaspoons of Sugar'

Restaurant blends Mountain Dew, orange juice

(Newser) - For your breakfast tomorrow morning, how does 17 teaspoons of sugar sound? That's what you'll get, according to the Dallas Observer , if you pick up Taco Bell's new morning drink: Mountain Dew mixed with orange juice. Taco Bell hasn't revealed the ratio of Dew to juice...

McDonald's New Plan: Make 3am a Hot Time to Dine

Some locations testing very early breakfast menu

(Newser) - McDonald's has pretty much conquered America, but its hold is not yet complete: Less than 1% of all fast food traffic comes between 2am and 5am. But now the fast food giant plans to take aim at very-early-morning eaters, Business Insider reports. It's testing "Breakfast After Midnight"...

Hungry? Try &#39;2nd Breakfast&#39;
 Hungry? Try '2nd Breakfast' 
Feb 28, 2012 1:04 PM CST

Hungry? Try '2nd Breakfast'

Americans are starting to snack their way through the morning

(Newser) - That cereal bar you scarfed down on your way out the door this morning was, well, perfunctory and all, but now your stomach is growling hours before even the most liberal definition of lunchtime. What to do? Time for second breakfast, reports the AP in a look at our evolving...

Taco Bell: Now for Breakfast

Get ready for sausage wraps, breakfast burritos

(Newser) - Can't wait until lunch for that burrito? Taco Bell's got your back: The fast-food chain is joining competitors in offering breakfast. The launch began today in 800 of its 5,600 restaurants, largely in the western US; if it's a success, the company hopes to take the...

Teens Milk Denny's All-You-Can-Eat Deal for 301 Pancakes

They're establishing a new Guinness World Record category

(Newser) - Ever wondered just how far you can take the whole "all-you-can-eat" thing? Seven teenage boys found out recently. They sat down for the $5 all-you-can-eat pancake deal at a Denny's in California, and didn't stop for 24 hours, the OC Weekly reports. The boys ate 301 pancakes...

Egg-cellent News: Fried Breakfast 'Is Best'
 Egg-cellent News: 
 Fried Breakfast 
 'Is Best' 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Apr 4, 2010 7:15 AM CDT

Egg-cellent News: Fried Breakfast 'Is Best'

Foods program body to break down fat rest of day: study

(Newser) - A breakfast of fried eggs and bacon or sausage may be the best way to "program" the body to efficiently break down fats the rest of the day, according to a new study. Breakfasts rich in carbohydrates, such as cereal, may only prepare the body to break down carbs,...

Want a Baby Boy? Eat Breakfast
 Want a Baby Boy? Eat Breakfast 
Mar 9, 2010 11:38 AM CST

Want a Baby Boy? Eat Breakfast

Studies show eating more makes you more likely to have a son

(Newser) - If your grandmother ever advised you to eat “bacon for boys” while pregnant, she may have been right. Studies show that eating breakfast and maintaining a high-fat diet around the time of conception heighten your chances of having a boy, the Telegraph reports. Aiming for a girl? Skip that...

Oatmeal Gets Upscale Reheat
 Oatmeal Gets
 Upscale Reheat 
Dec 18, 2008 3:56 PM CST

Oatmeal Gets Upscale Reheat

Cheap, healthy breakfast an easy sell for chain stores

(Newser) - Oatmeal is getting a trendy makeover, the Wall Street Journal reports. Drawn to the modest meal by its cheap, healthy, and long-lasting ingredients, smoothie chain Jamba Juice added oatmeal to its Chicago menus today before rolling it out across the US in January, while Starbucks began offering the breakfast classic...

How Cereal Shaped America
 How Cereal Shaped America 
OPINION
Dec 14, 2008 10:01 AM CST

How Cereal Shaped America

Charting the evolution and influence of the grain-based breakfast

(Newser) - We might be eating hockey pucks for breakfast if a 19th-century kitchen accident hadn’t turned John Kellogg’s “barely edible” biscuits into today’s far-tastier flakes, Ian Lender writes in Mental Floss. “The cereal flake is the perfect consumer product,” he says, looking at how cereal...

Wine for Breakfast? A Fan Makes His Case
 Wine for Breakfast? 
 A Fan Makes His Case  
GLOSSIES
Oct 16, 2008 4:17 PM CDT

Wine for Breakfast? A Fan Makes His Case

Perhaps a glass of Merlot should replace your cup of coffee in the morning

(Newser) - The eggs are scrambling, the bacon is sizzling, the toast is, well, toasting. So kick back and pour yourself a glass of red zinfandel, writes Ryan D'Agostino in Esquire. This isn't some sophomore-year-of-college attempt to undo the excesses of the night before, but rather an innovative approach to the day’...

Starbucks' Oatmeal Is the New McMuffin

Starbucks makes comfort food trendy

(Newser) - The mushy breakfast you pushed away as a child has become Starbucks' most successful food launch ever—knocking reduced-fat coffeecake to No. 2 on the best-sellers chart, Advertising Age reports. Oatmeal heads up a line of healthier breakfast options the chain introduced in September. The steamy offering, which comes with...

Eight Terrible, Tasty Ways to Start the Day

Worst breakfasts include 'stacked and stuffed hotcakes'

(Newser) - Breakfast isn’t just the most important meal of the day—for many Americans, it’s the most fattening. The worst breakfast in the nation, nutritionally speaking, is the Stacked and Stuffed Caramel Banana Pecan Hotcakes at Bob Evans, experts tell MSNBC. Here are some other bad breakfast foods:
  1. IHOP
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McMuffin Man Dead at 89
 McMuffin Man Dead at 89 
Mar 27, 2008 2:45 AM CDT

McMuffin Man Dead at 89

Herb Peterson invented fast-food breakfast in a sandwich

(Newser) - The inventor of the Egg McMuffin has died in his Southern California home at the age of 89,  AP reports. Herb Peterson began working with McDonald's in the advertising department, and later switched to the hands-on side of the business, owning six restaurants in the Santa Barbara area. Peterson,...

Eating Breakfast Helps Keep Teens Slim

Skipping morning meal hurts rather than helps, new study shows

(Newser) - Eating breakfast helps keep teens slim and active, says a new study. Scientists tracked 2,216 teens over 5 years and found body-mass index lower in kids who consistently ate a morning meal, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. "Although adolescents may think that skipping breakfast seems like a...

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