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You may not know who the Costacos Brothers are. But if you were a sports fan in the US during the 1980’s, chances are that you had one of their posters up in your room.

After years of rumored depression, drug addiction, and legal issues, D’Angelo is poised to make a comeback.

He’s released a cover of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun”, embarked on a European tour, and his James River album, the Chinese Democracy of R&B, is reportedly “90% done”.

Think about it: The last time D’Angelo released an album, there was no Facebook, no smartphones and no Twitter. It’s been a long time coming. 

My weekly roundup of food links:

An Inside Look At a Halal Slaughterhouse: When I passed the bar exam in 2005, I went to a slaughterhouse so we pick out some goats to sacrifice for Allah letting me pass. I saw the animals get killed, hided, chopped and wrapped. At some point, I became hungry and went to the front of the place, which was a meat store. I got about a pound of some of the finest brisket I’ve had to date. The woman behind the counter looked down her glasses and asked me, “Weren’t you watching a slaughter in the back?” I replied yes. The mixture of puzzlement and revulsion in her face confirmed that I am not like the other boys.

Make your own Butterfinger bars.

The best pizza by the slice in Johnson County, Kansas can be found at Oak Park Mall, of all places.

For those who don’t like those “1000 Places To Eat Before You Die” lists: Daniel Klein, who made a food documentary, lists his 10 best places to eat in the good ol’ US of A.

Pizza in a jar: I have no words.

If you don’t feel like making your own buffalo wings, here are some reviews of the frozen kind.

This history of Chinese food pricing in the US shows that real prices are lower than ever before.

Saffron harvesting is hard work.

A New Yorker with lots of money and cooking skill decides to host a banquet where the recipes were all from the ultra expensive “Modernist Cuisine” cookbook.

If you’re having trouble telling your girlfriend it’s over, then perhaps you should schedule a Valentine’s dinner at White Castle.

People in NYC eagerly awaited the opening of their very own Steak ‘N Shake.

If you’re unable to decide between burgers and tacos, head to Jack In the Box and make your own Jumbaco.

An interactive map showing how many fast food restaurants there are in each state.

Paula Deen eats a cheeseburger.

A stupid girl in the UK is experiencing serious health problems after eating almost nothing but Chicken McNuggets for the past 15 years.

Nielsen, having conquered the world of TV ratings, has now set out to see what sorts of food people in different parts of the world view as healthy.

Australian McDonald’s stores are testing out a DNA spray to catch thieves and robbers after they’ve fled the stores and back to their lairs.

Kitchen Nightmares shows Gordon Ramsay helping restaurants make miraculous turnarounds. Ramsay helped relaunch Austin, Texas’s El Greco, but the restaurant still ended up closing. Some people are saying that Ramsay’s interference may have been the final nail in the coffin for the restaurant.

John Cheese is a different sort of writer than the usual contributor on Cracked.com. His articles are informative and often poignant. He’s tackled important subjects such as the experience the poor go through, the habits poor people develop, the difficulty of being a new parent, and advice that one only understands with age. 

Cheese’s tone is balanced between gritty acceptance of his past and a bubbling anger about what it did to him. Reading his stuff will help people like me, who were never really poor, understand what it is to live paycheck to paycheck, in constant fear of the bottom dropping out. He should be required reading for all current Republican politicians.

The Internet often discusses shows that died before their time.

Splitsider looked at “10 Promising TV Series That Weren’t Picked Up”.

Television Without Pity also has its “Brilliant But Cancelled” blog, taken over from the original site.

I need this dog as a pet.

William Wallace Cook, seeking to help mechanize the art of novel writing, came up with the 1462 possible plots for all stories. He then devised the Plotto system, whereby an author need only consult the book of plots to construct the next best seller.