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What Can I Get Your Folks? - Servers in Costume

I have nothing but speculation and conjecture to back me up, but I suspect the heyday of the uniform is over. Because really, when's the last time you saw a cleaning woman in a too-short black dress and frilly white pinafore? It's nearly impossible to find a trash collector in a bow tie or a nurse with a starched cap these days.

But while official dress codes may have relaxed nearly everywhere, most restaurant servers are still expected to wear a uniform. Even workers allowed some sartorial leeway -- many employee manuals call for any jeans, any black pants or any red bandanna – are typically issued a standard apron. Uniforms connote professionalism, cleanliness and discipline; all fine server attributes, and all apparently forgotten come holiday time.

Whether it's a show of spirit or a cynical ploy to remind customers there's somewhere else they'd rather be, servers can be counted upon to modify their uniforms in keeping with the season. I'm guilty of wearing knee socks with jingling bells in December and heart-shaped jewelry on Valentine's Day. Still, I'm stunned by what some of my colleagues wear on Halloween night. Are customers really pleased when their servers have fake blood dripping down their faces or elk-sized antlers on their heads?
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Filed under: Holidays, Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants

Chick-fil-a wants you to dress up like a cow

chick-fil-a's cow imageLast Friday, the u-pick farm I like to frequent was offering a special 4th of July deal. If you were willing to sing the National Anthem, or recite the Pledge of Alligence, they'd give you a free bag of popcorn to take home along with the peaches, blueberries and plums you picked. I was more interested in the apple cider donuts, so I skipped the display of patriotism and paid for my snack.

However, if you're the type who likes to work for your meal and doesn't mind looking a little silly in the pursuit of a good deal, then you might like what Chick-fil-a offering up this Friday. They've declared it to be Cow Appreciation Day and if you dress up like a cow and go to one of their stores, you'll be rewarded with some free food. If you go all out and dress yourself from head to hoof, you'll get a free combo meal. If you just do a partial look, you'll be given a standalone entree. So what are you waiting for? Start planning your costume.

[via Fast Food News]

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Filed under: Fast Food

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Perfect costume for the Slashfoodie: Sexy Chef

sexy chef costumeThe question is, does the Sexy Chef Costume really work for a Slashfoodie on Halloween?

You see, Halloween is about dressing up in ways in which, under normal, everyday circumstances, you would not. For a lot of people, that means dressing up as some storybook character like Alice in Wonderland, and in many cases, it means dressing up (or down, as the case may be) in some "normal" outfit that has been modified to reveal some secret fantasy, like a Naughty [you-name-it-they-make-it-in-a-naughty-version].

Still, even though we are all truly Iron Chefs in our own personal Kitchen Stadiums, the Sexy Chef is a great little costume -- and by "little," I really do mean little -- costume for those of us who want to wield a balloon whisk and whip you into stiff peaks.

The Sexy Chef Halloween Costume is availabel from Amazon for $47.95.

Filed under: Holidays

ESPN wants to know which Halloween candy you like

Halloween candyI'm not quite sure why this list is up at ESPN, though it's part of their Page 2 and pretty much anything goes there.

They want to know what your favorite Halloween candies are. Are you a chocolate person, or do you like things like Twizzlers and Air Heads? For the record, I checked off Almond Joy, Dots, Goobers, Heath Bar, Hershey Bar, Hershey Kisses, M&Ms, Milk Duds, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and Riesens.

Of course, this does have a sports twist to it: check out the Candy Bracket, various candies and candy bars going up against each other like it's March Madness. Call it Fall Madness. The candies are separated into four categories: Classic, Convenience, Movie Theater, and Trick or Treat.

Filed under: Pop Food, On the Blogs, Stores & Shopping, Lists, Fall Flavors, Ingredients

Food costumes

I know, Halloween is still months and months away. But perhaps you have an office party coming up, or, even better, you want to make a special appearance at your teenage son or daughter's birthday celebration. Wouldn't your friends and family be thrilled to be associated with you when you showed up dressed like a BLT (and with that mustache no less?)? Marylen Costumes has an absurd variety of food-themed full-body costumes and even more fruit and vegetable costumes. A quick browse through their galleries turned up nearly half a dozen different pickle outfits. I think you probably would have had to give me a few guesses to figure out that this was a cotton candy suit, though.

Filed under: Food Oddities, Stores & Shopping

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