Published November 4, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Western Burger, one of five new "Better Burgers" from Denny's that are "too good to eat on the run" … meaning too hoity-toity to pass through a drive-thru window to the downtrodden masses.Denny's has totally upgraded its ......

Published October 28, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Mega XL Pizza, delivered in a really cool, specially designed pizza box celebrating the DVD release of the mega-extra-large movie hit "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." Duck! The Autobots are under attack!Here's the blueprint: a 16-inch-d......

Published October 21, 2009, 7:21 AM EST

by SUSAN JURGELSKI

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Where, oh where have the humble sardines gone?To the deep end of the ocean?Shoved to the side by tuna, that chicken of the sea?Since the last part of the 20th century, many Americans have turned up their noses at tins of sardines, the seafood version of Spam.And face i......

Published October 21, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Buffalo chicken sandwich at America's largest lightning-fast food chain, Subway, with 22,762 restaurants — practically on every corner — coast to coast. Silly rabbit, you thought McDonald's was No. 1?It's a little odd that it took S......

Published October 14, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a dish of NFL Stuffed French Toast, part of the new "IHOP's Gone Totally NFL" menu of football-inspired breakfasts at America's No. 1 flapjack flipper, IHOP, with 1,421 restaurants coast to coast.This is the first time that the NFL has been in ......

Published October 7, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Italian Sausage and Peppers sandwich from America's No. 2 pizza twirler, Domino's, with 8,773 restaurants across the U.S. and around the world.The Italian Sausage and Peppers sandwich is one of four new Oven Baked Sandwiches. The others are Buffalo......

Published September 30, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a slice (OK, four slices) of Pizza Hut's new (whether it's "and improved" is up to you) Stuffed Crust Pizza — the first fiddling the Hut's done with Pan Pizza since its debut in 1980.And what did Pizza Hut do? What it always does. It ......

Published September 17, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by ROXANNE TODD

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Traffic in and out of Quarryville was bumper-to-bumper Wednesday evening despite a light rain that did little to spoil the mood of those going to the 60th annual Southern Lancaster County Community Fair.The bottom line for those who return each year is the good food and the camaraderie....

Published September 16, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Oreo Cookie Jar Blizzard at America's roadside dessert cart, Dairy Queen, with 4,550 shops north to south and ocean to ocean … except in Vermont. Hey, I'm all for quaint and unspoiled tree-lined country highways, too. But some nights, if I don'......

Published September 9, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week, I reached out for a new Mini Melt wrapped chicken sandwich, part of the expanded and switched up Ultimate Value Menu at America's No. 1 feather duster, KFC, with 5,200 restaurants coast to coast.KFC is widening its cheapskate menu just in time for the start of school, when the f......