Posted Sep 24th 2009 1:50PM by TMZ Staff
Food Network's Giada De Laurentiis is used to egg, gorgonzola and pancetta sandwiches or Chicken Milanese with tomato and fennel sauce -- and unfortunately for her, an in-flight dry turkey sandwich just ain't cutting it.

Yesterday at LAX, the "Everyday Italian" host told us she loves plane food ... but the sarcasm in her voice said otherwise.
Filed under: Food Glorious Food
Tags: everyday italian, EverydayItalian, food network, FoodNetwork, giada de laurentiis, GiadaDeLaurentiis, plane food, PlaneFood
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 1:53PM by TMZ Staff
Shiloh, Zahara, Pax and Maddox may have been the ones getting Happy Meals -- but the happiest people at an L.A. Mickey D's this weekend were the employees serving Brangelina's brood.

Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Brad & Angelina, Food Glorious Food
Tags: angelina jolie, AngelinaJolie, brad pitt, BradPitt, brangelina, happy meal, HappyMeal, maddox jolie-pitt, MaddoxJolie-pitt, mcdonalds, pax jolie-pitt, PaxJolie-pitt, shiloh jolie-pitt, ShilohJolie-pitt, zahara jolie-pitt, ZaharaJolie-pitt
Posted Jul 25th 2009 6:20AM by TMZ Staff
Joe Jackson had one thing in common with his late son, Michael Jackson -- they both loved chicken, but it seems they parted company on who makes it best.

Joe went to Newport Center Mall to sample Popeyes chicken at the Newport Center Mall in Jersey City. Michael famously favored KFC.
Filed under: Michael Jackson, Food Glorious Food
Tags: joe jackson, JoeJackson, michael jackson, MichaelJackson, popeyes chicken, PopeyesChicken
Posted Jul 25th 2009 5:30AM by TMZ Staff
Mo' money mo' problems for Puff Daddy.
Records show the rap mogul's popular soul food eatery in Atlanta, Justin's Restaurant, owes $7,373 in back taxes -- this according to The Detroit News.
Diddy's reps claim it was all just a misunderstanding and say the government was sending notices to the restaurant's headquarters office in NYC -- which closed over ten years ago.
Bottom line -- Diddy says the check's in the mail.
Filed under: Food Glorious Food, p. diddy
Tags: diddy, p diddy, PDiddy, puff daddy, PuffDaddy, restuarant, taxes
Posted Jul 18th 2009 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
If you ever wondered how difficult it was to make a 3-point turn in a Weinermobile ... it's clearly very hard.

An Oscar Mayer Weinermobile crashed into a home in Racine, Wisconsin after the driver turned onto a dead-end street. She tried turning around and accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake.
It's a double-blow for the baloney company -- this month it's founder died and now the crash. And to add insult to injury, the weinermobile wasn't even invited to Oscar Mayer's funeral.
Filed under: Food Glorious Food
Tags: baloney, crash, oscar meyer, oscar meyer weinermobile, OscarMeyer, OscarMeyerWeinermobile, weinermobile
Posted Jul 14th 2009 12:35AM by TMZ Staff
The best way to a Snoop Dogg concert is through his stomach -- as the employees of a California pizzeria just found out.
We're told Snoop and tour mate Stephen Marley placed a $900 order with Big Louie's Pizzeria in Eureka last Wednesday -- but instead of asking for cash, the restaurant put in a request for concert tickets.
Snoop and Marley obliged -- forking over 12 tickets and a bunch of t-shirts and hats.
Fun Facts: S & M ordered pizza, 6lbs of BBQ ribs and hot wings -- Marley stuck to vegetarian pies while Snoop got the chicken pesto and chicken garlic extreme.
Filed under: Snoop Dogg, Food Glorious Food
Tags: big louies pizza, BigLouiesPizza, snoop dogg, SnoopDogg, stephen marley, StephenMarley
Posted Jun 23rd 2009 11:45AM by TMZ Staff
While her Miami casa was being ransacked, Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio was spotted leaving Madrid restaurant Casa Lucio with her husband this weekend.

The 38-year-old will have a hard time taking a siesta in peace, since the alleged burglar stole keys to her house and a remote control to the front gate.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Food Glorious Food
Tags: burglary, latin popstar, LatinPopstar, lunch, Paulina Rubio, PaulinaRubio, robbery
Posted Jun 18th 2009 2:25PM by TMZ Staff
Kanye West rolled into the Original Pancake House in Chicago this morning for a little flap-jack action with the regular folk ... but it was the lady he brought to breakfast that got everyone talkin!

The lady scarfin' down breakfast with K was Amber Rose -- the girlfriend he reportedly just broke up with.
We're told the two were extremely nice to staff and patrons during the meal -- but they weren't seen doing "anything couply" during the meal.
In case you're wondering what Kanye's breakfast of champions contains -- one omelet, an order of strawberry pancakes -- and extra whipped cream.
Who's hungry?!
Filed under: Food Glorious Food, Photo Galleries, Kanye West, Amber Rose
Tags: chicago, IHOP, kanye west, KanyeWest, original pancake house, OriginalPancakeHouse, pancakes
Posted Jun 18th 2009 9:20AM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears may have phased out the pink wig, her British accent, daily panty shots and her overall sense of train wreckery, but some things never change -- girl is still lovin' it at McDonalds.

Mickey D's may only have chicken nuggets -- but Brit Brit was definitely serving up a healthy helping of legs.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Britney Spears, Food Glorious Food
Tags: Britney Spears, BritneySpears, junk food, JunkFood, London, McDonalds, tour
Posted Jun 17th 2009 6:29PM by TMZ Staff
Hell hath no fury like a chicken lover scorned -- as you'll see in this lawsuit filed by people who are pissed over KFC's free chicken giveaway.
James Asanuma just filed the suit on behalf of KFC fans everywhere, saying the chain's May giveaway was nothing short of a scam to deceive its customers into spending more dough.
The lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, says KFC promised everyone "2 pieces of grilled chicken, two individual sides and a biscuit" -- but the promotion, which was promoted on the "Oprah Winfrey Show," turned out to be so popular they couldn't meet the demand.
And that's when the biscuit hit the fan.
The suit says that because KFC couldn't dish out the food as promised, they were forced to give vouchers for free food in the future.
The suit says this "bait and switch" caused customers to incur "travel costs, paper and printing costs, postage, the money they spent on other food items at KFC on visits when they had intended to redeem the Coupon ... and the loss of the value of the promised Meal."
James is suing KFC, because he's hungry for a little payback.
Filed under: Food Glorious Food
Tags: free chicken, FreeChicken, giveaway, giveaways, grilled chicken, GrilledChicken, kfc, lawsuit
Posted Jun 17th 2009 1:20PM by TMZ Staff
Screw $5 foot-longs, the easiest way to save money on sandwiches: Lift 'em from Letterman!

Outside Dave's studio after his interview, the eternally trucker-hatted Judah Friedlander casually whipped a sandwich out of his back pocket -- one he swiped from craft services.
Filed under: Food Glorious Food
Tags: 30 rock, craft services, david letterman, judah friedlander, sandwich
Posted Jun 17th 2009 12:52PM by TMZ Staff
... on his diet.

Bill Clinton -- famous for his love of fast food ... and there's a Phil Hartman "SNL" skit to prove it. But ever since his heart bypass surgery in 2004, eating the deep fried stuff would just be asking for trouble.
So yesterday in D.C., with the Golden Arches of McDonald's looming behind him as he talked basketball, think he really wanted to talk double teams ... or double cheeseburgers?
Filed under: Food Glorious Food, Politix
Tags: basketball, bill clinton, fast food, mcdonalds, mickey ds, phil hartman, snl
Posted Jun 16th 2009 5:00AM by TMZ Staff
A box of chocolates, a dozen roses ... or an Italian restaurant in the Hamptons -- not all gifts for the wife are created equal.
Sources tell us Billy Joel is looking to buy his wife Katie Lee the aforementioned Italian restaurant, and we're told he's eying a spot in Sag Harbour, NY.
Katie Lee, who is four years older than her stepdaughter Alexa Ray, is a chef in her own right and served as the first host of Bravo's "Top Chef."
And now a snippet from Billy's "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"...
"A bottle of white, a bottle of red
Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead
We'll get a table near the street
In our old familiar place"
Filed under: Food Glorious Food
Tags: billy joel, BillyJoel, italian restaurant, ItalianRestaurant