#allpumpkineverything

"It’s been ten years since Starbucks introduced the pumpkin spice latte, now the chain’s most popular seasonal drink and referred to, colloquially, as the PSL. The company has sold more than 200 million cups of the sweet orange beverage, Forbes writes,

Taking heed of the wild success of this idea, other chains, including McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts, and independent coffee shops started offering their own versions of the drink. Between 2008 and 2012, Quartz writes, the number of pumpkin-spiced whatevers increased by 234 percent in restaurants. And the trend doesn’t stop with coffee,Forbes says: 

Meanwhile, breweries abound with pumpkin ales, there are pumpkin M&Ms this fall, and several distilleries are making pumpkin flavored whiskey. It’s even moved over into the regular fragrance world, notes Yahoo News, with pumpkin spice lotion, shampoo and candles."

Read more: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/10/pumpkin-spiced-products-have-increased-by-234-percent-since-2008/#ixzz2iLvfcogu 
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UMAMI CRONUT BURGER

"Like all moronic food quests, this one began as a joke: “What if you made a Luther Burger with a Cronut and an Umami Burger?!”

Let’s unpack that question for the uniniated/non-fat kids in the group: A Luther Burger is a burger variant of disputed origins that uses glazed doughnuts in the place of a bun; the Cronut is chef Dominque Ansel‘s doughnut-croissant mashup, currently the world’s most coveted (and notorious) pastry; and Umami Burger is the cultish West Coast burger joint that opened the doors to its first NYC location—one that has been buzzed about for more than a year—at 11am this morning.

To combine the Cronut and the Umami Burger into one Lutheran (?) package would be the ultimate triumph of hype-on-hype-on-hype, fat-on-fat-on-fat, zero-fucks-given, brunch-on-dinner-on-dessert #hastag feeding frenzy.

It all seemed like a punchline until one brave intern, Matthew Schonfeld (@MBSchonze), raised his hand and volunteered for Mission: Umami Cronut Burger. " - firstwefeast.com

http://firstwefeast.com/eat/umami-cronut-burger-mission/