Ninjas rob restaurant, leave tacos behind

On Sunday, a pair of ninjas robbed Deli Cioso, a Mexican restaurant in Longmont. Owner Rudy Masia says he turned over a day’s receipts to the mysterious miscreants, who were tiny and dressed in black. Longmont Police Sergeant Garrett Boden told the Longmont Times-Call that the culprits didn’t have large…

Feeling your oats? Jump to Jamba Juice on Wednesday

Jamba Juice wants to give you a jump-start on your resolution of staying healthy in 2010. Every Wednesday in January, Jamba Juice is selling its organic, steel cut-oats for 1$ — down from the regular price of $2.95. Not too shabby. With a hump-day starter of oats and a choice…

McDonald’s: These two aren’t lovin’ it

People love McDonald’s in the worst way. And as two recent incidents show, although there have been billions served by the burger chain, it has not always been happily. On December 27, a still-unidentified woman completely trashed a McDonald’s in Kansas City because she didn’t like her hamburger. A 99-cent…

Rats! The top five ways to cook rodents, Food TV-style

For food news in 2009, it’s hard to beat this rat’s tale: The Australian version of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here put an Italian chef and a British actor in the Outback, where they saw dinner scurrying by. They pounced on the rat, ate it — and were…

My idea of a healthy party: one you survive

At this time of year, experts keep sending out seasonal survival guides. Local dietitian Suzanne Martin, for example, recently released her list of seven secrets for eating healthy during the holidays. Here they are — and my responses:…

In-N-Out Burger: worshipping at the mecca of meat

I touched down in Las Vegas Saturday night, went to Avis to get a huge SUV for the weekend, and immediately headed to the meat mecca, a shrine that calls our name. In-N-Out Burger. This wasn’t the first burger chain to make it in Southern California, but it was the…