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Courting the Food Court: Dippin’ Dots

March 11th, 2011 | Add a Comment

In 1988, Dippin’ Dots Founder and Chairman Curt Jones changed the way the world enjoys ice cream. Jones, a microbiologist, pioneered the process of cryogenic encapsulation…a scientific way of saying he used super-cold freezing methods to make little beads of ice cream. This week’s installment of Courting the Food Court features a restaurant that’s less a restaurant and more of a kiosk. Kiosk though it may be, Dippin’ Dots is a requisite property in any self-respecting food court. You know how sometimes you’re at, like, a sports event, and the cost of a small fry is $5, but you pay it anyway because there’s just something about the atmosphere that just takes your cares away and you shell out a fiver like it ain’t no thang, like that same small fry could … Read entire article »

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Courting the Food Court – Part 1

February 23rd, 2011 | 2 Comments

Hey foodies, Today I begin a series I hold near and dear to my heart: Courting the Food Court. In CtFC, I take an in-depth analysis of those restaurants found reliably–and sometimes only!–in food courts. Part One: That One Asian Restaurant There is always an “exotic” cuisine in a mall food court. Growing up in the South (trust me, you’ll be hearing so much more about this), these such restaurants never really had a specific regional bent. Often touted as “Oriental” food, That One Asian Restaurant in the food court served lots of high-calorie rice (HOW CAN SOMETHING AS BORING AS RICE BE HIGH CALORIE? RIDDLE ME THAT), greasy egg rolls and chicken saturated in sweet sauce turned crunchy in the fryer. An interesting thing to note about That One Asian Restaurant is that … Read entire article »

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