Food & Diet

“The Falafel Burger” Cooking is an asset to the modern gentleman. Whether you’re hosting for friends or want to make for a good date night, this is a skill to be practiced and mastered as a valuable tool in your arsenal. This week we explore an unknown for many burger lovers, the Falafel Burger. This [...]

“Introducing the Mobile Grilling Unit: half bike, half grill, all summertime fun. Real Art created this mashup as part of the Grilling is Happiness campaign for Sears. It’s a community of grilling experts and grilling fans alike, enjoying not just the flavor, but the whole grilling experience. And building the Mobile Grilling Unit is our [...]

The Road to Ironman takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice. Dedication is the key to successful training with focused diet and exercise. Kyle Kranz is a marathon man and Ironman participant who took some time with Gear Patrol to go over his nutrition plans for turning into a athletic machine. You can read [...]

“When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that’s why I can’t eat it. Simple as that.” – Paul McCartney I don’t know who this Paul McCartney fella is, but he sounds like the kind of guy who would spend a lot of time making shitty paintings because he’s [...]

Slater’s 50/50, a well known burger chain in So Cal, celebrated our nation’s independence this year with the creation of “The ‘merica Burger”. This obese and absurdly delicious sandwich is compiled of a 100% ground bacon patty topped with more bacon, an egg cooked sunny side up, a slice of bacon cheddar cheese and finished [...]

“New Yorkers will recognize this as “Cafe Habana” Corn, but the popcorn-esque smell of roasted elote (Mexican corn on the cob) outside of farmer’s markets, clubs at 3 a.m., or even Dodger games could very well be California’s state smell (runner up is the orange groves or the bacon wrapped hot dogs). This corn is [...]

Crafting the perfect burger might seem really easy. It’s not. Sure, you can form some beef into a patty shape and cook the shit out of it, but that does not a good burger make. There are a lot of people that I see on TV do all kinds of crazy shit to a burger [...]

The business of restaurants featuring sexy waitresses are growing larger by the day. With franchises like Hooters setting the industry standard, there has been a surge of smaller chains sprouting up all over. There is even a uniform company devoted to branding these food and beverage services called Breastaurant Uniforms. They specialize in the sexy [...]

“On September 8th, Meatopia, presented by Whole Foods, will take place on Randall’s Island Park and feature the biggest, most ambitious line-up of chefs and meat dish offerings in the history of the event, now in its ninth official year. This will be the most ambitious iteration yet of the so-called “Woodstock of Edible Animals,” [...]

I’m going to be completely honest with you guys: I love to cook, but I generally suck at it. I am a total klutz in the kitchen, one of those guys that can burn water. But even with my limited skills, I can still pull off some pretty tasty dishes when I have enough patience [...]