Intel 9/23: The Obamas Eat At Cosme, The 5-Second Rule Is A Lie & Brangelina Has Nothing On Jeffrey And Ina

Shutterstock

September 23, 2016

Oh Look, Barack Obama Has the Same Taste in Tacos as We Do

Cosme

President Obama and the first lady are in town for the UN General Assembly, and the stylish couple was spotted on a taco run — with a 13-car motorcade in tow. The Obamas went to Cosme, Enrique Olvera’s mind-blowing Mexican restaurant in Flatiron, and enjoyed the chef’s famous duck tacos, which are confirmed to be some of the most delicious tacos in the entire city.

Nom Wah Is Expanding to Nolita

Flickr/Tyler Howarth/CC BY

Wilson Tang is opening a second New York City location of Nom Wah, his popular Chinatown dim sum parlor, at 10 Kenmare Street in Nolita. The space will take over Old Bowery Station, a pop-up space co-owned by Tang, and operate as a takeout counter targeting the SoHo and Nolita lunch crowds.Tang also runs  Fung Tu and an outpost of Nom Wah in Philly.

Like Father, Like Foot-in-Mouther

The Internet did not take kindly to a comment made this week by Donald Trump Jr., who compared Syrian refugees to poisonous Skittles.

This image says it all. Let’s end the politically correct agenda that doesn’t put America first. #trump2016 pic.twitter.com/9fHwog7ssN

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 19, 2016

Shortly thereafter, the photographer of this very bowl of Skittles — an image Trump Jr. utilized for his political message without permission — identified himself as a refugee of the Turkish occupation of Cyprus in 1974.

The photo of the bowl of Skittles was taken by a refugee. https://t.co/4wcBFopvzp

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 20, 2016

Sorry, but the Five-Second Rule Isn’t Real and We’re All Gross

Shutterstock

The so-called “five-second rule” is a giant myth and there’s no telling how much bacteria we’ve collectively ingested as a result of buying into it, according to a new study. Along with a thesis student, Professor Donald W. Schaffner, a food microbiologist at Rutgers, found that when four different foods — strawberry gummies, watermelon, bread, and buttered bread — were dropped on four surfaces — wood, carpet, stainless steel, and ceramic tile —  that had been treated with a microorganism similar to Salmonella, bacterial transfer happened “instantaneously.” So no matter how fast you think your reflexes are, you’re no match for food poisoning.

Brangelina Bites the Dust, but Jeffrey and Ina Are Forever

Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com

The divorce announcement between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt was such big news this week that it was covered in The New York Times, and you’ve no doubt seen countless memes and articles lamenting that love is dead. But if you’re a true romantic, you should actually take a gander at Ina Garten’s borderline obsessive interview in Vanity Fair, which is promoting her upcoming 10th cookbook. In it, Garten says that her biggest regret in life is not marrying her husband Jeffrey sooner, even though they met when she was 15 and married when she was 20, and that it doesn’t matter how she dies as long as she and Jeffrey shed their Earthly bodies at the same time. Oh yeah, and her newest cookbook is literally called Cooking for Jeffrey.

Get Your Tickets to the First Annual Taste Talks Awards

Tickets are still available to the inaugural Taste Talks Food & Drink Awards this Monday, September 26, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House. Emmy Award-winning humorist Mo Rocca is hosting, and there will be a live variety show, a baking competition, and a live performance by Heems, the rapper formerly of Das Racist. Food and an open bar will be provided by Nom Wah, Tacombi, Black Tap, and more!