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French Government
Charles de Gaulle's long political career was marked by seemingly endless crises...
Christian Herter: Church Ba...
"When Christian Herter was governor of Massachusetts, he was running hard for a ...
Political Stew?
In January 1950, Victor Biaka-Boda, a former witch doctor representing the Ivory...
Robert Reed: Strawberry Heaven
Robert Reed, a Shakespearean actor who loved the theater, hated his role (as Mik...
Turkey Shoot?
Helen Hayes was not noted for her culinary talents. One day, in an experimental ...
Playing with Food
In 2002, Jorg Piringer's new Vienna Vegetable Orchestra, comprising between 10 a...
Enterprising Chef
One day during the filming of Death Train in Zagreb, Croatia in 1992, Pat...
Pet Peeve?
Andre Previn and his wife, having applied to adopt a Vietnamese orphan, were vis...
Russell Crowe: Joe Job
At the age of 22, Russell Crowe moved from his native New Zealand to Sydney, Aus...
Friar Tuck?
Orson Welles, fleeing from contract obligations, was once chased across Europe b...
Cheesy Stunt
Famed street magician David Blaine once spent 62 hours sealed in ice in Times Sq...
Schumann-Oink!
The famed contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink was noted for her love of food. Her...
Dinner Party
While attending a private dinner party one evening, Alfred Hitchcock, whose famo...
Ellington Diet
"Duke Ellington, who is always worrying about keeping his weight down, may annou...
Meals to Die For
In 2004, Brian Price, a former inmate who once worked in a prison kitchen in Hun...
Howie Mandel: New York Deli
"I was in New York," Howie Mandel once recalled, "and the owner of the deli walk...
Nell Gwyn: Lamentable Pickle
"Nell Gwin [once the favorite mistress of King Charles II] having Notice that Mi...
Whale of a Tale
Among the sources used by author Herman Melville to write his classic morality t...
Hog Tied?
While serving as England's Lord Chancellor, Francis Bacon once presided over a c...
Dueling Dogs?
Otto von Bismarck, enraged by Rudolf Virchow's constant criticism, one day order...
Alan Hinkes: Chapati Blooper
"After great expense and preparation, British climber Alan Hinkes attempted to s...
Barbarians
"I once talked to an old cannibal," the famed anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowsk...
Escargots
Having waited an absurdly long time for a waiter to take his order in a French r...
Charles M. Schulz: Good Grief!
"Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz's comic vision was inspired by a childhood p...
Serendippable!
One day in 1853, an annoying guest at a resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, co...
White Lie?
In 1979, a city employee named Dan White went on a rampage and killed San Franci...
Sitwell's Egg
"The Sitwell Egg, invented by Sir George Sitwell, had a yolk of smoked meat, a w...
Harold Urey
While out walking one day, Harold Urey, a Nobel prize-winning chemist famed for ...
Timely Excuse
The poet Samuel Rogers once invited the Oxford scholar Richard Porson to dinner....
Camille
"Somewhere in the world," Clara Morris once remarked, "there is an actor - and a...
Classic Hilbert
While walking along the street one day, the notoriously absent-minded mathematic...
Milk Man
While passing Ulysses S. Grant's tomb in New York one day, Robert Benchley scrib...
Keeping Coolidge
At breakfast one morning, a guest at the White House watched with astonishment a...
To the Hilton?
Cary Grant once telephoned hotel mogul Conrad Hilton in Istanbul, Turkey, with a...
That's In(cr)edible!
In Britain, banks are required to accept any legible check, irrespective of the ...
Apple Crumble?
While attending a fashion show called 'Viva Italia' in Toronto one evening (at w...
Club Sandwich?
After a game one day, George Tebbetts and his team stopped at a roadside restaur...
Norbert Wiener?
The renowned MIT professor Norbert Wiener was famed for his absent-mindedness. W...
Marlon Brando & Superman's ...
Like the actor himself, Marlon Brando's eating binges grew to assume legendary p...
Crumby Astronaut
After returning from the first-ever multi-manned space flight (with fellow astro...
Young Marshall Field
"Being left alone in a hotel lobby for half an hour, young Marshall Field approa...
Spaghetti-O's
In March 1995 Thomas J. Grasso was executed by lethal injection for his role in ...
Charles Barkley & Oliver Mi...
Charles Barkley, the shortest player ever to lead the NBA in rebounding (14.6 pe...
Cheap Shot
During his wild youth, Joe E. Lewis stayed for a time at a boardinghouse whose p...
Babe Ruth: Oink
When his train briefly stopped on its way to New York during pre-season training...
Salt
The painter Buonamico Buffalmacco once lived next door to a rich wool worker who...
First Impressions
One day in the early 1960s, John Lennon walked into London's Indica art gallery ...
Godfather of Bellies
Such was Marlon Brando's love of food that he rightly came to be known as the "G...
Benjamin Franklin: Saving G...
As a youngster, Benjamin Franklin found the long graces which his father uttered...
P. T. Barnum: Cherry-Colore...
"Accounts of the cherry-colored cat in jokelore indicate that the trick was prac...
Keith Richards: German Tour
During a concert one evening, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards slipped on...
Dylan Moran: Cheese Fantasy
"I used to live with two other guys," Dylan Moran once recalled. "We used to coo...
Sandy Koufax: Pig Roast
Shortly after joining the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sandy Koufax attended a pig roast...
Robert Atkins: Atkins Diet
In 2004, militant vegans obtained the death certificate of Robert Atkins, the do...
Turbulent Sea?
Famed screenwriter Nunnally Johnson once arrived at a restaurant to have lunch w...
Experimenta!
In 2003, Italian television presenter-turned-cosmetics manufacturer Ducio Cresci...
Sweet Exchange
J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan evolved gradually from the stories which he told...
Favorite Table
James Bennett once discovered - and began to frequent - a restaurant in Monte Ca...
64,000 Dollar Question?
While ordering a pizza one day, Yogi Berra was asked whether he would like it cu...
Grand Appetite
One evening shortly after his debut in "South Pacific" Ezio Pinza, the show's st...
Lance Armstrong: PowerBar
"The most embarrassing spill of my career," Lance Armstrong recalled in 2001, "w...
Domestic Article
"For a while we lived in Vancouver," Joyce Grenfell once recalled, "where the co...
Debbie Reynolds: No Such Th...
Debbie Reynolds' film career began at MGM when she won a beauty contest at age 1...
Alfred Packer Grill
In 1977, the United States Department of Agriculture dedicated its Washington ca...
241-0241
In 2003, at the instigation of the Department of Homeland Security, a secure pho...
Soulful Explanation
Erasmus was once reproached for having failed to observe the Lenten fast. His re...
Mother and Child
Paul Simon was once asked by a journalist about his "profound" song "Mother and ...
Cakes and Ale?
During a tour of Canada in the early years of their marriage, Prince Philip and ...
McRevenge
One day S. I. Hayakawa was dismayed to learn that a large American fast-food cha...
Quesium?
Suspicious of the food he was being served at his boarding house, Georg de Heves...
Crush Diet
Steven Wright once developed a crush on a dental hygienist. He soon hatched a pl...
You Say.. Tomatoes!?
David Frost once interviewed Baldur von Schirach, the former head of the Hitler ...
Heath Ledger: Weenie-Grabber
Shortly after arriving in the United States from Australia, Heath Ledger found h...
Landmark Ruling
In 1893, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller and his associa...
Gerald Ford: Lunch Bill Blo...
President Gerald Ford was a staunch supporter of the School Lunch Bill. "I stron...
Lonely as a Cloud?
When a fellow actor failed to enter on cue during a performance one evening, Hug...
Paul Newman: Newman's Own
In 1998, Paul Newman was overjoyed to see his eponymous line of food products re...
Famous Last Worms?
P. J. Tierney, developer of the modern diner, died in 1917. The cause of death? ...
Baaad Influence?
It wasn't until meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger that Danny DeVito began to smoke c...
Vagina Monologue
In order to promote a celebrity-studded rally to combat violence against women a...
Wales
In 632 A.D. Caedwalla, King of Gwynedd (north Wales), went to war against King E...
Bush Blooper #4826
In January 2000, George W. Bush made a campaign stop at the Chamber of Commerce ...
Moveable Feast
During the course of one particularly hard Parisian winter, Ernest Hemingway res...
Thalberg (long)
Such was MGM chief Irving Thalberg's hectic schedule that even VIPs were often o...
Chaucer of Cheese
In 1841, Scotland's James McIntyre (aka "the Chaucer of cheese") emigrated to Ca...
Tao of Ice Cream?
Steve Mirsky once attended several lectures on ice cream science at the annual m...
Ice Cream Cohn
One day Harry Cohn ordered Frank Capra to visit his office without delay. Capra ...
Strawberry Surprise
"Ballplayers can be fuckingstitious about food. Before every game, the great bat...
Traci Bingham: Hold the Mayo
"I'll do whatever I can to get the message across with PETA - including wearing ...
Webbed Wonder
One day in May 2003, Michael Jackson donned a Spiderman mask and burst into the ...
The Hedgehog
Despite his roles in some 2,000 adult films, the legandary porn star Ron Jeremy ...
Bush Quiz II
Which of the following was added to the menu of the White House mess at the insi...
White Meat
While visiting America one year, Winston Churchill attended a buffet luncheon at...
Jamaican Eclipse
While anchored off Jamaica in 1504, Christopher Columbus found himself in dire s...
Blaine's Box
In August 2003, David Blaine requested inclusion in the ...
Chris P. Carrot
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] uses a menagerie of lovable ...
Madcap Chef
Diners have been served food by celebrity chef Paul Liebrandt in a variety of ma...
Mark Wahlberg: Pride and Glory
While preparing for his role in Pride and Glory (in 2002), Mark Wahlberg ...
Justin Timberlake: Lovin' It
In 2004, McDonald's began using lines from Justin Timberlake's "I'm Lovin' It" i...
Captain Gregory: Battie Mon...
Among the exhibits at the New York World's fair in 1939 was a model of a propose...
Julia Child: Coq au Vin
"Mistakes [on Julia Child's television show] were summarily dealt with. An offen...
Gob: Chocolate Bar
During a tour stopover in Chicago one day, Gob frontman Theo pulled a classic pr...
Edward VII: Grandpa, Grandpa!
"Edward VII was well known for his indulgence to small children - though it beca...
Jack LaLanne: Langendorf Bl...
Jack LaLanne: "When I first went on television in 1951, I pulled out a loaf of L...
Harley Street Specialist (l...
"Forbes Ross, the original 'Harley Street Specialist' was always good for a yarn...
Brussels Sprouts
"Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie and I [William Nicholson] always took our...
Young Einstein
Albert Einstein was a very late talker. At the dinner table one evening, he fina...
Sting Like a Bee?
Thomas Beecham was once asked why he always chose such generously-proportioned l...
Pastrami Slap?
Among Bo Diddley's favorite restaurants was the Second Avenue Deli in New York c...
Stanley Cup Winner
"There's a moment when all the aches and pains are worthwhile,"
New Jersey Dev...
Nut Meal
In 1895, St. Louis doctor John Harvey Kellogg filed a patent for a "process of p...
Berliner
While visiting Berlin one day, President Kennedy addressed a crowd of enthusiast...
Nutrition for Health?
Noted nutritionist Alice Chase, who wrote Nutrition for Health and other ...
Chef de Protocol?
One day in August 2002, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was outraged to learn t...
Hot Dog!
"In the annals of sport, seldom has a victory been so decisive, or fellow compet...
Montezuma: Glutton
Montezuma was famed for his gluttony. On a typical night he ate chicken, turkey,...
Vegetables
In 1965, when the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) opened its doors...
Alfred Packer
During the heavy winter of 1874, the famous nineteenth-century Colorado pioneer ...
Pointed Argument?
One day, Damocles - a sycophantic member of Dionysus the Elder's court in the Gr...
Bluestone Diet
Ed Bluestone once claimed to have discovered the perfect diet. "You're allowed t...
Crystal Clarity?
In December 1948, a Washington radio station telephoned various ambassadors in t...
Chris Kattan: Retarded Comm...
Shortly after applauding Sean Penn's role as Sam Dawson in Jessie Nelson's ...
Harvey's Last Words
"Until Fred Harvey came along in the 1880s, service in the railroad industry was...
John Gummer: Mad Moron
When the scare over mad cow disease (also known as BSE or bovine spongiform ence...
True Grits?
Prior to moving into the White House, Jimmy Carter's wife asked whether the chef...
Behind The 8-Ball?
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler was once asked to share his views on health. "Even in t...
Montecuccoli's Omelet
One Friday evening the Austrian general Raimund Montecuccoli, an observant Roman...
Art Donovan: Light Eater
"Hall of Fame defensive tackle Art Donovan, who had a weight clause in his contr...
Miss Manners Headline
Judith Martin, better known as "Miss Manners," was amused one day to learn that ...
Gold Card
One day in January 2003, famed hedge-fund manager Edward Lampert was abducted by...
Jim Harrison: Lunch in Burg...
Jim Harrison once traveled from Montana to Marc Meneau's L'Esperance restaurant,...
David Lee Roth: Van Tantrum
Before hitting the stage at a gig one night in Pueblo, Colorado, Van Halen front...
Ted Alexandro: Boston Market
One Thanksgiving Ted Alexandro was amused to discover that his mother had purcha...
Doh!
In Camden, Maine, there is a 27 1/2 foot marble statue dedicated to a certain ca...
In Like Flynn?
Australian actor Errol Flynn was frequently banned from drinking on the set. Nec...
Doctor's Beef
One day in late September 2001, Robert Tools, the proud recipient of the world's...
Raw Hatred?
Little love was lost between Irene Sharaff and Faye Dunaway. "Yes, you may enter...
Heart-Felt Sympathy
In 1997, Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent open-heart surgery to correct a congeni...
Churchill's Brandy
Winston Churchill often dined with friends, dignitaries and celebrities at Chart...
Yoko Ono: Fruity
While studying theater at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Michael...
Luciano Pavarotti: Industri...
The opera star Luciano Pavarotti certainly enjoyed eating. While staying in Miam...
Pink Lemonade
How was pink lemonade first made by Pete Conklin in 1837? He used a bucket of wa...
Milk Boner?
During a formal dinner at Buckingham Palace one evening, a young British army of...
Meg Ryan: Grapes of Wrath
In December 2002, Meg Ryan threw such a fit on the set that producers fired the ...
Fish Dish
"Invited - with wife, Rachel - to join friends for dinner, I duly arrived, dined...
English Roast
During a visit to England one year, Portugal's King Carlos I was asked by King E...
Truffled Chicken
Rossini once congratulated the diva Adelina Patti for her incredible voice. "Mad...
Fishy Story?
Travel writer Jonathan Young once had an unforgettable gustatory experience in I...
Lee's Meat
So scarce was meat at the end of the Civil War, that even men like Robert E. Lee...
Young Richard Simmons
Before Richard Simmons' hand was turned to fitness, it was often turning a fork....
For God's Sake
While traveling through rural Sussex one day, young Shelley was joined inside a ...
Wily Wabbits (long)
"Berthier, the great organizer of the marches of [Napoleon's] Army-Corps, tried ...
Isaac Newton: Absent-Minded
One evening a friend arrived as scheduled to dine with Isaac Newton in his room....
Filippo Marinetti: Futurist...
"In 1930, [the Futurist poet Filippo] Marinetti wrote a manifesto on Futurist cu...
Big Mouth?
One evening, Jacqueline Susann and her husband were invited to a dinner party at...
Lukewarm Relief
Benjamin Disraeli once served as the guest of honor at a public dinner. The kitc...
Belarus
In August 2002, Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko ordered the closure o...
The Pretzel Incident
On January 13th, 2002, President George W. Bush got so excited while watching an...
Pretzel Incident Part II
One day in January 2002, President George W. Bush got so excited while watching ...
American Pie
Jason Biggs, famed for his notorious role in American Pie (in which he pl...
Hungry Hippo?
Undertaken in a hurried bid to rescue 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy, ...
Lobsters
While dining at an expensive restaurant one evening, Georges Feydeau was served ...
Mushroom
One evening, the great comedian Alan King took Judy Garland to a restaurant in N...
Dan McQuayle
How Dan Quayle managed to become America's 44th vice-president is as much a myst...
Avril Lavigne's Special Pizza
Following the appearance of Avril Lavigne's smash debut ...
Quiche
One evening in 1977, Michael Jackson met a reporter for lunch at an exclusive Fr...
Plimpton's Artichoke
"When Elaine's opened," George Plimpton once recalled of the New York landmark, ...
B.I.G. Gourmet?
In 1997, Biggie Smalls (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) cancelled a planned performanc...
Orson Oink
Orson Welles, famed for his prodigious appetite, once visited Pink's (a Los Ange...
Elvis Piggy
Elvis Presley was famed for his binging. As his weight ballooned at the end of h...
Free Turkeys
In 1995, despite Tupac Shakur's legal troubles (for various gun-related offenses...
Seventh Course
"I once had lunch with Groucho Marx," Gypsy Rose Lee recalled years later, "a bi...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Maya Lin's winning design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. ...
Nutty Hughes
"One of Howard Hughes' short-lived attachments was to Baskin and
Robbins banana...
Hot Dog Eating Contest
In 2003, former Chicago Bears defensive tackle William "The Refrigerator" Perry,...
W. H. Auden: Houseguest
"Rex Warner's parents thought W. H. Auden had charming manners: that he was give...
Fried-Chicken Homicide
"In the newsroom of the Miami Herald, there is some disagreement about wh...
Choices, Choices
"My mother always gave me two choices for dinner," Buddy Hackett once recalled. ...
Asthor Moron
In April 2003, former Icelandic presidential candidate Asthor Magnusson arrived ...
Hungry Genius
"Often [Duke Ellington] finishes his breakfast in a taxi. Frequently, driven fro...
Pointed Question?
Christopher Columbus once attended an elaborate banquet, held in his honor by th...
Pea Soup
Cecil B. De Mille was once so busy that he asked Pauline Kessinger, the head of ...
Bishop's Palace
Some time after resigning his post as Archbishop of Dublin in 1884, Richard Tren...
Aragon & MSG
After a successful boxing career (sixty knock-outs!), Art Aragon, the original G...
Jessica Simpson & the Buffa...
Even in the highly competitive world of bubble-headed pop stars, Jessica Simpson...
Pierce Bottom: Bottom Party
"Pierce Bottom once searched the London telephone directories for names with 'bo...
Moron Mugabe
In 2002, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe instituted a disastrous land-reform ...
George W. Bush & Jean Poutine
One day during the 2000 presidential election race, George W. Bush was asked by ...
Angelina Jolie: Gone in 60 ...
In August 2000, The London Times reported that Angelina Jolie, visiting W...
Paula Radcliffe: Oatso Simple
At the 2004 summer Olympics in Athens, Paula Radcliffe failed to finish both the...
Lynda Montgomery: Dining at...
Lynda Montgomery once dined at Sea World. "Why does Sea World have a seafood res...
Rulon Gardner: Health Freak
"Between 1 and 8 p.m. one day," GQ's Peter Richmond once recalled, "I wat...
Luther Vandross: Luther Burger
After running out of buns one day, Luther Vandross invented the "Luther Burger":...
Peter Jackson: Messy Eater
Director Peter Jackson, famed for his mop of shaggy hair (which he cut himself) ...
Young Gina Gershon: Look Ma!
"...when I was really little, I was sitting around the dinner table," Gina Gersh...
John Young: The Farts
The following transcript details a conversation between Charles Duke and John Yo...
Harland Williams: Chinatown
While visiting Chinatown one day, goofball comedian Harland Williams began talki...
DEA: War on Hemp
"The Bush Administration has lost another battle in its War on Drugs," ...
George W. Bush: Important I...
Ron Suskind once recounted former Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill's first meetin...
Teresa Heinz Kerry: Private...
While campaigning with husband John Kerry in Wisconsin in August 2004, Teresa He...
Angelina Jolie: Cambodian G...
While visiting Cambodia in 2003, Angelina Jolie sampled a local delicacy: Cambod...
Benedict Allen: Mono the Mo...
Benedict Allen once encountered a group of friendly Matses Indians while trekkin...
Britney Spears: Bitbit Moronic
While visiting the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas in December 2004, Britney Spears ...
Joan Wolfenden: Chicken Noodle
"A large party was lunching at Peacock Vane, the Isle of Wight hotel founded by ...
Philip Norman: Warm Toast
"While staying at Bikaner Palace, Rajasthan, in 1973," Philip Norman later recal...
Ozzy Osbourne: Ozzy's Stew
"Ozzy used to love to make stews," Sharon Osbourne once recalled, "and he would ...
Alan Alda: Rum Romance
How did Alan Alda and his wife get together? "We were both invited to dinner and...
Tyra Banks: Sexy Faces
Tyra Banks was once asked what she typically thought about during photo shoots. ...
Tom Arnold & Ryan Reynolds
As he was biting into a tart one day, Tom Arnold saw Blade: Trinity star ...
Randy Thomas: East-West
300-pound New York Jets right guard Randy Thomas spent much of his time at train...
Fishy Explanation
Ernie Byfield, who ran Chicago's legendary Pump Room, was once asked why real ca...
Berry Nice
One day Sydney Smith received a basket of strawberries from one of his parishion...
Concentrated Juice?
"Oklahoma coach Jim Tatum paced the sidelines frantically as the Army team took ...
Moby, Dick?
"Before the platinum album, the American Express commercial, and the Elton John ...
Pasteurizer
Louis Pasteur, whose pioneering experiments clearly demonstrated the role of mic...
Stomach Turner?
Joseph Turner was once handed a salad at the dinner table. "Nice cool green, tha...
Lucullan Feast
Lucullus was famed for his lavish feasts. One evening Lucullus, dining alone, no...
Pigmalion?
During a rehearsal for "Pygmalion" one day, George Bernard Shaw, unimpressed wit...
Hershey Serendipity
While experimenting with magnetrons (devices which produce microwave radiation) ...
Los Angeles Marathon
In his capacity as grand instigator and supreme leader of the Los Angeles Cacoph...
Wrong Dish
"One day we [Beethoven and Ferdinand Ries] were dining at the Swan; the waiter b...
When in Rome...?
"Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, made history when she made a bet [with Mark Antony, ...
Eddie Blizzard?
Eddie Izzard encountered some difficulty on his first job: selling ice cream in ...
Hold Zee Butter?
In Dead Again, Kenneth Branagh played two roles: A blue-blooded German co...
Green Sentiment?
One spring, while strolling through their Abbotsford estate Sir Walter and Lady ...
Fowl Explanation?
Isaac Bashevis Singer was once asked why he was a vegetarian: "Is it for religio...
Aerosmith: Backstage Tantrum
On the opening night of Aerosmith's first Japanese tour, frontman Steven Tyler a...
Muffin
One morning Yogi Berra had breakfast with a sports writer who later became incen...
Sweet Tooth
So pronounced was Eleanor Roosevelt's fondness for sweetbreads that they once ap...
E Pluribus Unum
The Latin phrase 'E pluribus unum' (one from many), adopted by Benjamin Franklin...
Superstar Antics?
In 1997, the Telegraph's Neil McCormick went to meet Metallica, which he ...
What a Weenie
Mickey Rooney's record as a entrepreneur was not without its patchy spots. After...
JAP Chicken
When her neighborhood assembled a cookbook to raise funds for a local environmen...
Charlie Booth Protein Bar
"Chances are you don't know Charlie Booth, but bless his stubborn-ass heart. Boo...
Joe Easter Egg
"Eddie Izzard nearly missed the second act of his new Broadway show,
'A Day in...
Jason Biggs: New Crush
Jason Biggs, who brought new meaning to the expression, "Nothing says lovin' lik...
Toot Suite?
Angelica Bridges once professed her love for making music in the great outdoors:...
Kippered
While staying with the Scottish preacher Thomas Chalmers and his family, the Swi...
Shavuot
While visiting Israeli president Moshe Katsav's home in Jerusalem in 2002, forme...
Vegetarian Surprise?
Peter Pan author James Barrie was once seated beside George Bernard Shaw ...
Peelander-Z: P-Bone Steak
In 2004, Peelander-Z - a Japanese trio famed for dressing like fuckingheroes and...
Interlude for Piano and Fun...
Scheduled to play a concert in Buffalo one evening, the eccentric composer John ...
Pure Heart
Beethoven once dismissed a housekeeper for telling a lie. Nanette Streicher, who...
Taste of Success
Larry David (who served as the inspiration for the George Costanza character on ...
Foam and Froth
On September 26th, 1830, Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson stood on the steps of the...
Israel Zangwill & Miss Piggy
Israel Zangwill once absentmindedly yawned in the face of the woman seated besid...
Fine Company
Tristan Bernard was once invited to a dinner party by a socialite famed for her ...
Burger King?
Boxing champion George Foreman found his life surprisingly uncomplicated by succ...
Wade Boggs: Fowl Tips
In 1984, Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs published a curious book, writt...
Hanks a Million?
Tom Hanks once thanked an unusual source for its assistance with his performance...
Verbal Boxer?
In the late 1990s, after research confirmed that prunes have an image problem ("...
Ham Sandwich?
One day, Meredith Vieira's husband began to get calls from friends:
Olivier's Beef
Sir Laurence Olivier once held a press conference in London to complain about th...
Sea & Earth Salad
As part of National Salad Week in July 2003, Raymond Blanc, the Michelin-rated c...
Berry Nasty
Max Beerbohm was having tea with his biographer, S. N. Behrman, one day when Eli...
Mealy Mouth?
One evening during the presidency of Grover Cleveland, a young European diplomat...
Muddle
Edward VII once recalled a visit he had made to the home of Colonel James Biddle...
Royal Rations
"The King and Queen paid a visit to Lancashire during the war, when
I was Chief...
'Oui'rd Occurance?
The famed chef Vatel was once asked to prepare a dinner at Chantilly in honor of...
Dwarf Battleships
"At an election meeting when I was Liberal candidate for Leicester," Eliot Crens...
Sweet Talker?
One day the Duke of Cumberland complimented the witty wisdom of Samuel Foote. "M...
Chopsticks
Before the Korean War broke out in 1950, Reverend Sun Myung Moon spent almost th...
Deryck Whibley & the ebay Guy
Sum 41's Deryck Whibley was once followed all over Manhattan by a so-called "eba...
Gilbert in a Pickle
Among W. S. Gilbert's neighbors at Grims Dyke (his mansion in Stanmore just outs...
Summer Romance
While picnicing on a small island one summer day in 1906, Ole Evinrude sped acro...
Jeter Bachelor
After being hounded by fans in countless restaurants, Derek Jeter finally decide...
Food Chain Barbie
In August 2001, U.S. district court judge Ronald Lew ruled that Forsythe could, ...
Nuts
One of Abraham Lincoln's Springfield neighbors encountered him in the street one...
Cheating Baker
Every day Poincare bought bread from his local baker. Though the bread was suppo...
Kinshasha Chicken
"Reg Gutteridge, In Kinshasha, Zaire, to report on the Muhamad Ali-George Forema...
Yow!
The Jesus Lizard's David Yow once made an unusual Halloween costume: A pin-strip...
Fowl Judgment?
As a youngster, Holly Hunter possessed an unusual talent: in the 10th grade she ...
Peter Menzel: Snack Time
Peter Menzel, while traveling the globe to research insect consumption in variou...
Fettuccine Rossini?
Rossini once attended a dinner party thrown by a hostess noted for her excellent...
Social Caffe?
During his days as a student at Harvard, the American publisher William Jovanovi...
Food Fight
"It's a safe bet that since it was New Year's Eve the band was pretty well stone...
Cutlet
Stravinsky, obsessed with his health, often subsisted on a strict diet of raw ve...
Corn
"An old midwestern farmer once ponderously announced that no ear of corn ever ha...
Tam Dalyell
"Tam Dalyell has a passion for eggs, which he carries around with him. In the BB...
Freddie Hospitality
One night, police visited future Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and his mates to...
Meat Packers
After living for seven unforgettable weeks among the stockyard workers in Chicag...
Young Salvador Dali: Surrea...
"As a young man Dali was totally asexual," fellow surrealist Luis Bunuel once re...
The Boss
Bruce Springsteen's contract for a concert at Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkan...
Bill Cosby: Oink
"My mother and father ate oink, and they loved oink grease," Bill Cosby once rec...
Artist of the People
"Feodor Chaliapin's fortune, more than £1,000,000, was lost in the Russian Revol...
Wayne Coyne Coleslaw
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne once worked as a cook at Long John Silver's. "...
Fishy Advice
Mark Twain once fielded a question concerning a recommendation from the Swiss-Am...
Serendipitoast?
According to the traditional account, the invention of Melba toast was a serendi...
Family Values (long)
In 2002, Mark Singer visited the Independence Motorcycle Rally in Hollister, Cal...
Cabbage Treatment
The famous German physician Helm was once visited by a female patient suffering ...
Ham
"Among the friends who stood with Dottie [Dorothy Parker] on those California st...
You Say Potato?
One day after her arrival in America (from China), Bai Ling found herself on a f...
Knight's Tale
The jousting scenes in Brian Helgeland's A Knight's Tale (2001) were grue...
The Outfield
Though they were a British New Wave outfit, The Outfield were renamed by their m...
Hospitality
Although Lady Mary Howard converted her husband Gilbert Murray to her teetotalin...
Wheat King
Despite the year's miserable harvest, 1783 proved a boon to Lafayette, whose bar...
Happiness is...?
Oprah Winfrey was once asked her idea of heaven. "My idea of heaven," she declar...
Matzo
After her divorce from Joe DiMaggio in 1955, Marilyn Monroe made a bid for respe...
Daryl Hannah: Lobster Lover
One day on the set of Ron Howard's classic comedy Splash, Daryl Hannah, a...
Egg Hash
George Moore once fired six cooks in three weeks. When one of these men summoned...
Turkey
An Atlanta DJ (Jeff Dauler from Q100 radio) once auctioned off a curious item wh...
Spaghetti Tetrazzini
Famed soprano Luisa Tetrazzini gave little thought to her immense girth, often f...
Sweet
A footman once accidentally emptied a jug of cream over Edward's head. "My good ...
Tomorrow
Johannes Brahms loved food and was gravely disappointed when he contracted an il...
Puccini & Toscanini: The Cake
Giacomo Puccini was in the habit, every Christmas, of sending a cake to each of ...
Jungle Doctor
Some time after falling ill, the "jungle doctor" Thomas Dooley was visited in La...
Sugar Fix
In 2002, the famed "Chef Bobo" (Robert Surles, a graduate of the French Culinary...
Chicken-Feed
"During the Anglo-American occupation after World War II the German economic dir...
Gino's
In 2002, New York Mets pitcher Shawn Estes began eating penne vodka with grilled...
Van Patten Serves
Despite his passion for tennis, Dick Van Patten (whose sons all became accomplis...
Oyster Eating Record
In September 2003, the official world oyster eating record was nearly doubled by...
Vegetarians
"George Bernard Shaw, a staunch vegetarian, refused to attend a gala testimonial...
Bon Vivant
In 1885, the famed bon vivant Monckton Milnes passed away at the age of 76. "My ...
Hard Story to Beat
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain was once asked whether he had ever eaten anythin...
Chinese Food
Before a concert in Sheffield, England one day, Whitney Houston ordered Chinese ...
Food Fight: Brotherly Love
Little love was lost between Kinks frontman Ray Davies and his brother Dave (who...
Pitt's Last Words
William Pitt died in office in 1806, overcome by the strain of work and dejected...
Quacks
The turn of the 20th Century marked the height of oddball treatments for neurast...
Silver Lining
Shia LaBeouf was born to a pair of eccentric hippies. His father (whose name, ir...
British Gravy
While filming one of his travel shows, Michael Palin found himself in a Chinese ...
Prince Charles & the Pudding
One day in May 2003, Prince Charles visited the Highdown Farm in Devon. After me...
Hard Biscuits
One evening, Lord Byron met Thomas Moore for dinner at the home of Samuel Rogers...
Piggy Spice
"I suffer," Geri (Ginger Spice) Halliwell once remarked, "from Hamlet's disease ...
Little Boy Blue
while staying in a dreary boarding house in Kansas City, Eugene Field, famed for...
Victor Feuger's Final Meal
Shortly before his execution for kidnapping and murder, Victor Feuger requested ...
Mystery Meat
"During the famous Sidney Street Siege, when two anarchists held police and Guar...
Paul Mcguire: Health Food R...
While visiting the Big Apple to film an episode of "24 Hours In...," Paul Mcguir...
Taste of Chicago
President Bill Clinton once attended the Taste of Chicago food fair. He was late...
Costello's Last Words
Lou Costello liked his food. The famous comedian's final words before dying of a...
Insane Treatment
"Quackpot John Harvey Kellogg prescribed daily yogurt enemas to patients at his ...
Hungry Genius
Tricky Sam Nanton, one of Duke Ellington's trombonists, was once asked by a Fren...
Macaroni
Rossini, famed for his appetite, was once greeted by a society gentleman who was...
Olympic Rivalry
With Paris and Beijing vying to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, the rivalry betwe...
Shopping with Kunitz
The poet Stanley Kunitz was famed for his sly sense of humor and courtly manner....
Walken's Birthday
One day during the production of The Rundown (in 2003), Seann William Sco...
Barbara Bush: Home Cooking
President George W. Bush was once asked whether he ate with his family. "Yes," h...
English Breakfast
In October, 2003 - shortly after rolling a peanut seven miles through London wit...
Cream Cheese Girl
Kelly Hu was once asked about her weirdest modeling job. "I did 11 commercials f...
Nigella Bites
"I am not a chef," Nigella Lawson once confessed. "I am not even a trained or pr...
Priorities, Priorities
"[In January 1993, Hillary Clinton] had already been named to head the President...
Pre-Aerosmith
"After playing a show in New Hampshire on July 4, 1966, with the Strangeurs — on...
Uh-Oh
Senator Ted Kennedy was once asked to name his favorite restaurant. "My favorite...
Excuse Me, Honey...
Don Cortier, the genius behind a series of fuckinghero fetish films featuring El...
Ruben Studdard: Chubby Stud...
In August 2003, Conan O'Brien announced that 'American Idol' winner Ruben Studda...
Wine Gags
New York Times food and wine columnist Johnny Apple was naturally the tar...
Apple Treat
New York Times food and wine columnist Johnny Apple spared no expense vis...
Three Lunches Apple
Legendary New York Times food and wine columnist Johnny Apple certainly e...
O! My God
Despite being very athletic and playing football and baseball in high school, Jo...
Eric Nestler: Human Potato
"People were a little surprised when the human genome was sequenced and it only ...
Good Charlotte & New Found ...
"We've been known to play a prank or two," Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden o...
Olsen Twins Fruit Snacks
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were once offered a chance to produce a line of "Mary...
Jimmy Kimmel: Vegas Pride
"Anyone who's seen me with my shirt off knows I love to eat," Jimmy Kimmel once ...
Luciano Pavarotti: Prodigio...
Luciano Pavarotti's prodigious appetite occasioned countless jokes. "Yesterday L...
Ed Kelly: Rest in Peace
"Ed Kelly, the man who introduced America to Cool Whip, died at the age of 86," ...
Julia Stiles: Former Vegan
During an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" one evening, Julia Stile...
Campbell's Soup
During an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in September 2004, Neve ...
Adam Woodyatt: RearEnders
One day on the set, "EastEnders" star Adam Woodyatt decided to spice up his love...
Gina Gershon: Rock Star Fan...
Gina Gershon was once asked about her biggest rock star fantasy. "When I was in ...
Jeff Bridges: Frat City?
Jeff Bridges once flew to Madrid to vie for a role in director John Huston's ...
Cosimo Cavallaro: Deli Artist
Oddball artist Cosimo Cavallaro once repainted a New York hotel room - with ...
John Hurt: Elephant Man
Every day during the production of David Lynch's black and white classic, ...
Diamond Jim Brady: Porker
"Mutlimillionaire railroad tycoon 'Diamond Jim' Brady was at least as well known...
Nicholas Wood: Porker
"Nicholas Wood's gastronomic excesses inspired songs, poems, and at least one bo...
John Pinette: All You Can Eat
"I went to a Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet," plus-sized comedian John Pinette o...
Rodney Dangerfield: High Ge...
"I came home one night at three or four in the morning and I was very hungry," R...
Brad Pitt: Funny Trait
One day during the production of Ocean's Eleven, director Steven Soderber...
Sylvester Stallone: Pancake...
Bent on playing beefy Sheriff Freddy Heflin in James Mangold's Cop Land (...
Christina Applegate: Spam Scam
Christina Applegate began doing commercials as soon as she was able to talk. Amo...
Beau Brummell: Cabbage
"'Why, what could I do, my good fellow, but cut the connection? I discovered tha...
Zachary Taylor: Cause of Death
Zachary Taylor died in 1850, at the age of 66. The cause of death? An overdose -...
Chrissie Hynde: McDonald's ...
Chrissie Hynde was once asked by a reporter what she had done to advance her veg...
Max Ernst: Friendly Neighbors
While building a house in Sedona, Arizona, Max Ernst and his wife, fellow Surrea...
John Osborne: French Letter
During a winter repertory season in Scarborough one year, the gay playwright Joh...
Raoul Felder: Star of David
"[Celebrity divorce lawyer Raoul Felder] is full of unlikely stories, such as th...
McMoron
McDonald's employees are not noted for their intelligence. "I went into a McDona...
Chrissie Hynde: Vegetarian ...
Chrissie Hynde was once asked by a reporter what she had done to help advance he...
Cranberries Bounce
"Cranberries bounce. According to folklore, this discovery was made by John Webb...
Jessica Biel: Girls' Night Out
"I was in New York this one time," Jessica Biel once recalled. "I was still on m...
Edward VII: Spinach Moment
"Edward VII, excellent monarch though he was, had a violent and sometimes uncont...
Queen Mary & the Biscuit
"Queen Mary was terrified of dogs, and lived in fear of the ferocious little Wel...
Hugh Scanlon: Lunch with th...
While lunching with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace one day, the trade unio...
Mark Cuban: Meet me at DQ!
Within two years of purchasing the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban had accrued fine...
Jeri Ryan: The Kiss
For one episode of "Star Trek: Voyager," Jeri Ryan had to kiss another actor. Od...
David Letterman: Gourmet Co...
New York Times food critic Craig Claiborne once appeared as a guest on "T...
Nigella Lawson: Cakes & Ale
During an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" one evening, Nigella Law...
John Patrick Shanley: Hot P...
Many of the incidents in John Patrick Shanley's plays were inspired by his exper...
Michael Sveda: Cyclamate Se...
"Like many artificial sweeteners, the sweetness of cyclamates was discovered by ...
Mayo Clinic
Entering his laboratory one day, Johann Baeyer found his assistants using turbin...
Pastry Boy?
Ewan McGregor was once asked about his aspirations for interesting future roles....
Ode to the Bread?
"In Athens in 1963 we talked about mermaids. He [the Greek poet George Seferis] ...
Chopin Broccoli?
Frederic Chopin was often invited to dinner by Parisian hostesses who then impos...
Bananas
Felipe Fernández-Armesto once fondly recalled his days as a research fellow at S...
Perfect Farce
In 2002, health-food activists persuaded California school officials to outlaw m...
Bleating Goat
Gandhi was once persuaded by a young friend who had abandoned his people's custo...
Analogy
Throughout the production of "Michael Palin's Travels: Sahara," the program's ho...
Color Pedigree
At Faringdon, Lord Berners' home near Oxford, meals were served in which all the...
Starving Artists
"Jean-Louis Barrault's principal companion in his early days was Etienne Decroux...
Fat Bastard?
Hoping to shape up for her role in Austin Powers in Goldmember, Destiny's...
Young Stephen Furst
While delivering pizzas in Hollywood, young Stephen Furst began putting his pict...
Young Chris Robinson: Black...
The Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson was once asked about his diet. "I have ...
Con Carnie?
Carnie Wilson, not noted for her slender physique, was often asked about her mus...
Ingratitude
While dining at a small inn one day, Cosimo de Medici took pity on a peasant eat...
Pliny
While dining at another man's home one day, Pliny noticed that diners were serve...
Son of Pete?
One wintry day in 1905, 11-year old Frank Epperson accidentally left a glass of ...
Ronald Reagan: Turkey for a...
In 1954, Ronald Reagan agreed to host a 30-minute television series sponsored by...
All For the Nookie?
In 1977, writer Andre Dubus III went to college in Austin. How did Dubus end up ...
Heavy Shelling
"One night," Roland Pertwee recalled of World War I, "Aglionby, the adjutant, an...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: ...
A classic episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" aired on television in 1958. "L...
Hitchcock Souffle
One day Alfred Hitchcock's wife prepared a cheese souffle. First Hitchcock watch...
Stallone in Japan
In 1989 Sylvester Stallone appeared in a memorable Japanese television commercia...
GoVeg.com
In March 2003, the American animal-rights activist Karin Robertson had her name ...
Question of Taste
Having spent some time in exile in America during the French Revolution, Talleyr...
Gravy
Sydney Smith once found himself seated at a dinner party beside a woman who decl...
Hero's Return
Stephen Pile, founder of the "Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain," once bes...
Dash of Spice
American Secretary of State William Evarts, a popular after-dinner speaker, once...
Devious
During the production of When Pigs Fly, Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh m...
Biscuits
In March 2003, Pennsylvania State Senator Gerald LaValle was astonished to find ...
Food Drive
"At the Harvest Festival in church the area behind the pulpit was piled high wit...
Carnivore
Beau Brummell once decided to refrain from eating vegetables. Shortly thereafter...
Klutz
In 1997, Neil Young had to cancel a major European tour. Why? He had cut his han...
Shannen Doherty: Family Fe...
Shannen Doherty feuded with so many of her "Beverly Hills, 90210" co-stars that ...
Fishy Dish
Edwin Lutyens once expressed reservations about a dish which he was served in a ...
Autobahn Food Fight
"We did a stadium tour in Europe with Iron Maiden," Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian ...
Sticky Fingers
Alice Cooper cultivated a reputation for dissipated abandon. "I had affairs with...
Robert Ligon's Donut Fraud
In January 2004, Robert Ligon began serving a 15-month sentence for labelling 53...
Curvy Nigella Lawson
"I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook," Nigella Lawson ...
Martha Stewart Living Behin...
One day in 2002, David Letterman reported that Lizzie Grubman, the publicist who...
Lauren Hutton: Eating Termites
"I was hanging out with this tribe in the interior of the Congo," Lauren Hutton ...
Balzac: Trencherman
"A physically unappealing man given to loud dress and coarse ways, Balzac was as...
Julia Child: Perfectionist
"As a scientist, [Julia Child] was obsessed with discovering how to make perfect...
Paul Bocuse & the Cheese Cart
In 2003, GQ food critic Alan Richman dined at the famous Restaurant Paul ...
Last Supper
After the Jacobins came to power following the French Revolution, Condorcet was ...
William Black: Gastronomic ...
William Black once published a book chronicling his gastronomic adventures in It...
Fruit Salad
Former "Miss Italy" Gina Lollobrigida once seduced teen idol David "Harry the Ho...
57 Varieties
Despite his intention to become a Lutheran minister, Henry J. Heinz found himsel...
Political Stew
In December 2001, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tried to block the pl...
Eggs Pantoliano?
One morning after a Thursday night out at the Chicago clubs, Joey "Pants" Pantol...
Genius
Albert Einstein perfected a technique for getting rid of unwanted guests. After ...
Caviar Crisis
Overfishing in the Caspian Sea after the demise of the Soviet Union resulted in ...
Davy Jones: Celebration Tim...
Growing up, future Monkees frontman Davy Jones never had steak. While touring Am...
Lobster Wenberg?
Some time after discovering a remarkable seafood dish in South America, shipping...
Chocolate Factory?
In March 2001, director Wes Anderson, hoping to make a film version of one of hi...
Too Polite
"A secretary of mine died suddenly and, wanting to look up an old
case, I went ...
Scratch That
Although Carl Sagan enjoyed eating as much as the next famous astronomer, he nev...
George Washington Carver
Asked where he had discovered his hundreds of uses for the lowly peanut, George ...
Durian
"With a friend, I was on a tram from Bangkok to Penang," Victor Heiser once reca...
Jackie's Restaurant
Chris Tucker was once asked whether he had had any weird food experiences while ...
Ice Vice?
One day Everclear's Art Alexakis, a longtime hardcore drug user, discovered that...
Pierre Poujade & the Jerusa...
"[The French populist politician] Pierre Poujade had a gift for colourful, often...
Ballance Diet
Democratic Congressman Frank Ballance was once asked to describe a typical dinne...
Brownie Points
Jenny McCarthy once attended a strict Catholic high school. "When I was going up...
William Buckland: Gastronom...
The dean of Westminster, the Very Rev. William Buckland, was possessed of incred...
Billie Piper: Atkins Diet
"Billie Piper is getting withdrawal symptoms - from bread!" ananova reported in ...
Cookie Cutter?
Having developed what many regard as the perfect cookie, Debbi Fields began to s...
Party Game
William Buckland, famed for his gastronomic curiosity, once hosted a dinner part...
Veggie Quiz
"Spanish explorer Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada encountered them in 1537. Easy to g...
Oats
"At a breakfast meeting at the Beverly Wilshire with his agent and publicists, T...
Russian Gourmet
Among the guests to the White House during World War II was Soviet foreign minis...
Classic Cameron
In March 2002, Cameron Diaz explained that she had stopped snacking on bacon aft...
Joey Big Pants
Joey "Pants" Pantoliano was once asked about the catering table on the set of "T...
Logan's Cutbacks
AOL and Time Warner merged at the height of the tech bubble in 2001, just before...
John Ritter: Meeting Amy
John Ritter first met future wife Amy Yasbeck at the home of director Dennis Dug...
Kevin Bacon & Meryl Streep:...
"Somebody once asked me if I changed my name for acting," Kevin Bacon recalled. ...
Ludacris Extravagance
Blender magazine once offered to serve as Ludacris's "butler and busboy, ...
Daughter's Beef
In 2004, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, one of Thailand's richest men, ...
Missy Elliott: Got Milk?
While showing an MTV camera crew around her kitchen for an episode of "Cribs" on...
Christina Applegate: Froste...
Christina Applegate began doing commercials as soon as she was able to speak. Wh...
Bobby Valentine: Merritt Pa...
"[Bobby Valentine is] so compulsive about public cleanliness that one day [in th...
Soccer Diet
In April 2003, Sheffield United captain Robert Page and his
Sheffield United t...
Armpits
"One of the things that still makes me laugh when I read Ian Fleming's books," N...
Steve Jocz: Chocolate Surprise
One year Deryck Whibley and his Sum 41 bandmates threw a birthday party for Stev...
Frozen Food
When Clarence Birdseye introduced the first frozen food in 1930, it was feared t...
Gourmet Meal
Jewel's diet was a cause for concern to some of her friends. "I've been on a [go...
Good Lord Astor
"[In 1919] Lord Astor, by now 71 years old, had given himself sombrely to the pl...
Club Sandwich
The writer Anna Ford once overheard a member of the exclusive Garrick Club being...
Vegetarian
British comedienne Victoria Wood once felt compelled to clarify her non-militant...
Portia de Rossi: Curious Habit
At an early age, Portia de Rossi, famed for her role as Nelle Porter on "Ally Mc...
Pincay's Diet
"The tremendous pressure to be thin has caused jockeys to take diet pills, laxat...
Huxley Diet
"Maria Huxley's attitude towards food made her a very peculiar housewife," Anita...
Hollywood Stereotype
Despite her success, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon star Zhang Ziyi once r...
PB&J
One day during the production of Anger Management, Adam Sandler found him...
Artichoke Queen
In 1947, Marilyn Monroe, then a little known Hollywood starlet, won a curious co...
Fingerbowl
While visiting his aunt in Paris one day, Coco Chanel's rural nephew was invited...
Spa Trip
In 2003, Tom Arnold went to a spa. He lost twelve pounds in three days, he later...
Theodore Hook
Theodore Hook was once invited to dine by a certain alderman who entertained him...
Hungry Oprah
Although Phil Donahue pioneered the talk show format which Oprah Winfrey adopted...
Russell Crowe Weight Loss Plan
"Russell Crowe's vanity has once again outweighed, literally, his macho facade,"...
Cameron Diaz: Big Breakfast
Cameron Diaz frequently wore a girdle on the set of Charlie's Angels. Why...
Kelvin "Frenzy" MacKenzie &...
In 2002, former tabloid editor and radio executive Kelvin "The Frenzy" MacKenzie...
Terrell Owens: Chocolate Room
After announcing the pending sale of his home in Atlanta, former San Francisco 4...
Gina Gershon: Extravagance
Rolling Stone once asked several celebrities about their "biggest ever sp...
Lopes Diet
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was once asked what she would change if she had absolute p...
Tony Kushner: Pre-Show Ritual
"He had been eating and eating, just out of anxiety," John Lahr once recalled of...
Ziyi Zhang: One Idea
In 1999, 19-year-old Ziyi Zhang visited America for the first time. "I only had ...
Jack LaLanne: Cattle Blood
Young Jack LaLanne once drank a quart of blood every day for six weeks. "I'd get...
Fortune Cookies
Ironically, French fries were invented in Belgium and pasta was invented in Chin...
Yankee Doodle Thanksgiving
Linda McCartney vocalized her vegetarian views in a number of songs with husband...
Dutch Schultz
When the legendary gangster Dutch Schultz, New York's "king of beer" during the ...
Casual Shoes
One evening during his stint as sales manager of Wolverine Shoes (in 1957), Jim ...
Sheryl Crow Ice Cream
Sheryl Crow was once asked about her favorite foods. A Sheryl Crow sandwich, she...
Pickled Herring
Though Grover Cleveland hated fancy food, he retained the French chef hired by C...
Cheesesteak
Though beloved by the Democratic establishment, John Kerry occasionally appeared...
NIN in Germany
"Once when we opened for Guns 'n' Roses in Germany," Nine Inch Nails frontman Tr...
Mike Smith: Cosmic Moron
Pitcher Mike Smith was never noted for his genius off the field. While ordering ...
James Caan: Practical Joker
During the production of The Godfather, James Caan entertained the cast w...
Tobey Maguire: Doritos Comm...
Tobey Maguire was once hired to do a Doritos commercial in the eighth grade. "Th...
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