Intel 8/26: KFC’s Spice Blend Is A Secret No More, Starbucks Ices Out Its Customers & Chefs Send Love To Italy

August 26, 2016

To Italy, with Love

Rafele Ristorante

To help the victims of Italy’s devastating recent earthquake, Rafele Ristorante in the West Village will donate $5 to the Italian Red Cross for every plate of pasta all’amatriciana sold over the next week. The dish, which features a tomato and guanciale (pork jowl) sauce, is named after Amatrice, the small mountain village that was at the epicenter of the 6.2 magnitude quake. From now through September 30, Ribalta in Union Square will also donate $4 for every dish of pasta all’amatriciana sold.

Did Colonel Sanders’ Nephew Just Reveal KFC’s Secret Spice Blend?

Salt, thyme, basil, oregano, celery salt, black pepper, dried mustard, paprika, garlic salt, ground ginger, and white pepper. Those are the spices shared with The Chicago Tribune by a nephew of KFC founder Colonel Sanders, which sure seems like the legendary “11 herbs and spices” we’ve all heard so much about. KFC has previously said that the original handwritten list of this proprietary blend is contained in a well-guarded safe that’s enclosed in concrete — but no one spills secrets like an unscrupulous relative.

Magnolia’s Latest, Limited-Edition Banana Pudding Is Here!

Magnolia Bakery

Celebrate National Banana Pudding Day (Sunday, August 27) with Magnolia Bakery’s new peanut butter banana pudding — peanut butter blended with vanilla pudding and layered with Nabisco Nutter Butter wafers, bananas, and dry-roasted and salted peanuts. This limited edition flavor will be available at Magnolia locations across the city through Sunday, while supplies last. Available in small ($3.75), medium ($5.50) and large ($6.75).

A PSA for All PSL Lovers 

Kellogg’s

Frosé and poke might be dominating your summer Instagram feed, but soon autumn will be upon us, and that means it’s PSL season all over again. For all you fanatics whose blood runs thick and sugary with pumpkin spice lattes, you’ll be happy to know that the Kellogg’s restaurant in Times Square is introducing a pumpkin spice latte bowl (pumpkin spice latte-flavored Frosted Mini Wheats, instant espresso powder, white chocolate chips, and steamed milk) on Tuesday, September 6.

Starbucks Beats Lawsuit in Icy Ruling

A US District Court has ruled that Starbucks can use as much ice as it wants in its iced-coffee drinks, giving the coffee chain a big victory against a plaintiff who sued Starbucks for intentionally underfilling drinks by using an excess amount of ice. “If children have figured out that including ice in a cold beverage decreases the amount of liquid they will receive,” Judge Percy Anderson’s ruling reads, then “a reasonable consumer would not be deceived” by the amount of ice Starbucks uses for its beverage menu.