Deliver the weekend please!!

Saturday in the park I think it was the fourth of July (Lyrics from Saturday in the Park by Chicago)

The weekend is about to be delivered a little bit early this week thanks to Independence Day (and I don't mean the movie). Many of you, I am sure, only have a four day work week, (sorry to the people who still have to work). Don't you just absolutely love extended weekends, I know I do. Extended weekends mean more time to hang out, relax, sleep late, and do whatever you want! All I have to say is thank you founding fathers for declaring our independence; especially in summer when it is nice out. So, what to do on this three day weekend? Why don't you enjoy the summer? Order in some fun summer treats from Delivery.com and bring them to the park or if you live near the beach bring them to the boardwalk. Take advantage of not being in a stuffy office for three whole days and breathe in the fresh air, maybe you will even see some fireworks!

Happy Fourth of July!

Have an enjoyable extended weekend

Delivery.com in the News ...

• Harrison Ford's Cigar Surprise New York Post's Page Six w/ Paula Froelich. June 25, 2009:

  HARRISON Ford got pulled into a wacky publicity stunt the other day when two hotties in black tank tops, shorts and high-heels sneaked past security on the set of his movie, "Morning Glory," at 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue. "He was in between takes with Rachel McAdams when these girls came right out of the blue to present him with a $750 Gurkha cigar," a spy told us. "He got a big kick out of it and thanked them." Turns out the generous cuties were promoting a service called delivery.com.

  
  

Photo courtesy of AVClub.com

• Sites for the hungry and phone-weary, by Don Reisinger. cnet news. June 29, 2009.
  

• Party Insurance--Party Plan B Now Available. Pink Lemonade June 29, 2009:

  However, this summer a dry keg and empty shots will no longer be your excuse when everyone has dashed. A new company is available to residents called Delivery.com (www.delivery.com) and just like the Sex and the City episode points out, big city dwellers can now get anything delivered to their front doorstop around the clock. The good news for your readers though is that you don’t have to be living in NYC to get it!

Deliver the weekend please!!

You know those weekends when you really do not want to go out. When getting dressed to go out to dinner does not sound appealing after a long week of work. Come on, what girl wants to put on heels after a whole week of wearing them to work? Guys, do you really want to have to put on another tie or dress shirt? So here is some advise, don't go out to dinner. I know what your response is going to be. You are going to say, “but I am too tired to cook” or “I am not in the mood” or “I hate cooking.” Well don't worry you don't have to cook to stay in. For the record, staying in does not mean eating frozen chicken nuggets, hot pockets, Raman noodles and Easy Mac. You can “dine in” in a “dining out” style. Why not go onto Delivery.com and order food from the restaurant you love. You can order that Penne Caprese you love from the small Italian restaurant down the block from you. Or you can order that Pad Thai you have been craving from the Thai restaurant around the corner. So relax, take off your shoes and put on some comfy clothes. Even order a bottle of your favorite wine (Cabernet anyone?!) Now, that sounds like a great night “out” to me.

Have a relaxing weekend!

'Fortune Cookie Chronicles' on the rise of Empire Szechuan

November 1976. In a world of restaurants offering pick-up from Chinese restaurants, a proprietor by the name of Misa Chang decides to start a delivery service, bringing food TO customers on the Upper West Side.

Two hours after distributing Chinese menus door-to-door, Empire Szechuan Garden receives its first delivery order for a wonton soup and egg roll. Staff not yet hired, Ms. Chang brings the food herself . . . and so revolutionizes the Chinese restaurant industry.

As Jennifer Lee, the author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food notes, Empire Szechuan wasn't the first to come up with the idea of hand-delivering food to the neighborhood (restaurants in Chinatown were delivering by automobile in the 1930's). "But for whatever reason," Jennifer says, "none ... catalyzed the delivery frenzy the way Empire Szechuan did".

Making hand-delivered food its chief focus, Empire Szechuan's business thrived and expanded . . . into Empire Szechuan Columbus, Empire Szechuan Balcony, Empire Szechuan Gourmet and others that dot the neighborhoods of New York and beyond.

Related

• The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. The Book, the Blog, the Website.
  

Deliver the Weekend Please!! Father's Day Edition

“Luke I am your Father” (Star Wars anyone? yes?? no?? anyway...)

Every year around Father's Day I encounter the same problem; what do I get my dad? Sure I can get him a funny card or a tie but what gift can I get him that shows him I love him? Mother's Day is so much easier. If all else fails I just buy my mom jewelry or perfume, because those are things she likes. If you think about it the opposite of jewelry and perfume must be ties and cologne... right? But my dad is not a tie dad and he is most definitely not a cologne dad either. I asked all my friends and co workers what they get their dad for Father's Day and they all named relatively impersonal gifts, which was no help. Father's Day was created as a day for children to honor their fathers so, this year I want to do something meaningful for my dad, something different My Idea: why don't you all spend a day with your dad. If Sunday is a family day then maybe make time for you and him another time or, “deliver him a real fathers day.” Delivery.com has his favorite foods or maybe his favorite bottle of wine or scotch. Show him you care by delivering him what he likes on his day. Showing initiative is what it’s all about, just because you only made a few clicks on our website, well – that can be our little secret.

Deliver the weekend please!!

So the count down to the weekend is almost over, just a matter of hours. There have been weekends where my friends and I sit for hours and try to figure out what to do only to come up empty handed. So here's one idea, it may sound a little bit corny to you all but what’s wrong with a little corn in our lives!! So, my suggestion, have a game night. I know, sounds lame, but I don't mean play a 7 hour Monopoly game only to stop playing before anyone wins and I don't mean Battleship either. Play fun active games. Try playing a game like Cranium, Apples to Apples, Catch Phrase, Taboo or my personal favorite Balderdash. Invite all your friends over and play, the more the better. Now don't go thinking you’re too old for games. I know I may be a lot younger than some of you but just try it, I guarantee you won’t be able to play these games without cracking up. To make your night even better order in some fun food. How about WINGS or PIZZA or SUBS. Now come on you can't tell me that eating wings and playing Cranium is not fun. You can even order in some BEER, and everyone knows that a game of Pictionary is more fun after a few beers :)

Check out delivery.com. Find winning food in your area. (Get it, winning food, like winning a game... ok maybe that was way too corny).

Have a fun weekend

Greetings!

Hey readers, My name is Julie and I am going to be a summer contributor to the blog. So that you get to know me here is a little bio that you can read!!!!

Name: Julie

About me: Food has always been a central part of my life. My first memories are of me cooking with my mother and two sisters and I have been cooking ever since then. My friends love coming over because there are always baked goods at my house. I especially cook a lot when I am stressed!!!! Aside from cooking, I just love food. My friend and I once spent the entire day in NYC eating at every cupcake place we could think of and let me tell you that is a lot of cupcakes. I will let you know that I am also a very lazy person at times (I mean come on who's not). Some of my favorite evenings involve ordering in Chinese food and watching movies with my friends. Or when there is a big game on TV going over to my friends apartment to watch...and of course ordering PIZZA.

Favorite food: ahhh, that’s a hard one, I love almost all foods minus a few things. I would have to say I love New York City Pizza (and yes New York City only). What can I say I am a pizza snob. Perhaps one day I will give Chicago Pizza a try.

Least favorite food: I don't like asparagus at all!!!!!!!!!!

Delivery.com Bytes

An eclectic selection of food-related news and articles culled from the web

• Pizza Man Saves Abducted Woman (AOL News May 29, 2009):

  GATLINBURG, Tenn. (May 29) — Chris Turner normally wouldn't drive 30 miles into the remote Tennessee mountains just to deliver a pizza. The one time he did, he came upon a scene that drained the color from his face and made him "numb from head to toe" — a woman with her hands tied, silently begging him to call 911. ... [Read the rest]

• A Primer to 'Star Trek' Food and Drink - "To Seek Out Strange New Worlds ... and Eat Their Foods" (Serious Eats) From Romulan Ale to the Vulcan Plomeek Soup, everything you wanted to know about the Star Trek culinary universe.
  

• The New York Times has a great story on the Burger Of The Month Club, which meets one Monday a month for the last four years to sample a burger -- "bacon-cheddar whenever available" — at a different New York restaurant; the ratings then posted to BurgerRankings.com.
  

• Recreating the "Mona Lisa" from burger grease. Yes, you heard that correctly. What else would you do with a platter full of burgers? (A Hamburger Today)
  

• Taming the Chile Fire - Andrea Lynn, associate editor of Chile Pepper magazine tells us how to dull the pain when our taste buds can't take the heat. (@ Serious Eats).
  

• Here's a new addition to our blogroll: "Restaurant-ing through history" is an online-blog-research-project of budding author Jan Whitaker:

  For years I’ve researched restaurants in American history, going all the way back to the 1700s. On top of that I’ve collected menus, postcards, leaflets, business cards, etc. The BIG QUESTION now is: how do I put it all together into a book, a book that people will be interested in reading? I’m hopeful that this blog will help me figure it all out.

  Learn about the popularity of spaghetti, or a stroll through 1950's restaurant trivia.
  

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Create and submit an imaginative, clever, funny and entertaining (and TASTEFUL) video, and if you win you get $1000 cash and the chance to have your video blitzed through the national media.

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After uploading your videos to YouTube, email the link to youtubecontest@delivery.com before 5:00 pm EDT on June 15th to be considered.

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Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Happy Cinco de Mayo! -- Be sure to enter the promo code CINCO in the check out page to get 1,000 Delivery Points :-)