All Hail Old Spaghetti Factory!

ByRyan Christopher DeVault of associatedcontent.com:

Old Spaghetti Factory Celebrating 40th Anniversary with $3 Menu:

The Old Spaghetti Factory celebrates its 40th Anniversary on Tuesday. In honor of the event, The Old Spaghetti Factory will have a $3 menu that will offer some great Italian food for a fraction of the price it would normally cost. The Italian food chain has been around for 40 years as of January 6th, 2009, and decided that it was time to do something for the loyal customers who have kept The Old Spaghetti Factory in business for all these years.

According to the menu being offered on the Old Spaghetti Factory web-site, some meals will be even cheaper than $3.00 if you are looking for something very affordable. The spaghetti with tomato sauce will be served for only $2.35 (which normally costs $7.99), and items like one of their specialties, the spaghetti with browned butter and cheese will only cost $3.35 (which normally costs $9.99). It looks to be quite a night on January 6th, and it should mean that a lot of fun will be had at an Old Spaghetti Factory

The Old Spaghetti Factory got its start back in 1969, when the first restaurant opened up in Portland, Oregon. Since then, it has spread to many other cities, ranging from Seattle to Spokane, continuously offering affordable Italian meals in a great atmosphere. The typical Old Spaghetti Factory is set up in what might appear to be an old factory or warehouse (in some instances they are) with a completely refurbished interior to present a great family restaurant with menu items that can appeal to everyone. They have many different types of pasta as well as meat dishes to offer, and often have banquet rooms to cater to parties such as wedding rehearsal dinners or birthday parties.

Happy Twelfth Night!

Originally posted at Edible TV on January 5, 2009.

According to Wikipedia Twelfth Night is “a holiday in some branches of Christianity marking the coming of the Epiphany, concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas, and is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking.

“The celebration of Epiphany, the adoration of the Magi, is marked in some cultures by the exchange of gifts, and Twelfth Night, as the eve or vigil of Epiphany, takes on a similar significance to Christmas Eve.”

Many of you may recognize Ed Levine from his stints as a judge on Iron Chef: America and as the food critic on That Money Show or as the editor of Serious Eats.  He has, after all, made a career of eating so it is only natural that he is a hero of mine.  With this in mind I have a very special Twelfth Night gift for all of the Edible TV faithful.  Recently I stumbled on a series of videos from the mind of Levine entitled Chewing the Fat.

Chewing the Fat is a series of short video interviews (less than 3 minutes) from a list Levine made of, “interesting people I wanted to interview on camera.”  So what people?  How about Good Eats host Alton Brown.  The seven clip series of Brown was shot, directed, and edited by Hamburger America director and author George M. Motz.  The interview was shot in the Spring of 2008 and subjects include “Race, Class, and Food” and “Alton Brown on Hospitality.”  Each video is poignant and humorous.

The new series is a knoshing session with Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain.  The first webisode provides an intimate look at the two popular foodies including the revelation that Bourdain’s life has changed since the birth of his child.

I look forward to future episodes of Chewing the Fat and urge you to view each one by venturing HERE.

Happy Twelfth Night!