Here you'll find features that previously were posted on the Dinners From Hell Home Page.
Featured Site
The It's Jerry Time! website features videos about the trials and tribulations of a hapless schlub named Jerry. The Emmy winning web series is based on Jerry's real life adventures. Click on the graphic below to view Jerry's dinner from hell:
Featured News Story: 15% or Else!
A restaurant customer received a threat that his house would be blown up if he ever returned to the restaurant and left less than a 15% tip. Click on the link below to see the news video:
See the news clip below about a cook who allegedly contaminated a customer's steak with hair because the diner complained that it wasn't done right. A coworker said that it was a specific type of hair!
My Easter Pre-Dinner From Hell
My duty each year for Easter is to bring baked beans to my parent's house for the family to enjoy. They take a while to prepare, but I enjoy doing it since everyone looks forward to eating them. This past Easter I carefully placed a slow cooker containing the beans into the back of my From Hell SUV which is pictured below:
Unfortunately, I didn't secure the cooker very well. After making a quick acceleration from a stop light, we heard a ghastly crashing sound in the back. Immediately pulling over, I ran out of the vehicle and opened the hatch. Here is what I found:
We ended up buying some baked beans at a BBQ restaurant. Despite the mishap, we had a great dinner together. However, next year the cooker is going to be bolted to the vehicle! 4/08
Fugu About It
Fugu is a blowfish that has been consumed in Japan for centuries. It also happens to contain a toxin that can result in a very unpleasant death - paralysis and suffucation while being fully conscious - if it's not prepared correctly. Consequently, Japanese chefs who prepare it must go through years of rigorous training learning how to remove organs that contain the toxin (liver, gonads, intestines and skin) before they can receive a required license. In the U.S., the FDA heavily restricts the importation of fugu (although the fish is also found in domestic waters), and issued a consumer advisory. Not surprisingly, few restaurants in the U.S. serve the fish (most are in NYC), and a complete meal can cost several hundred dollars. 3/08
The video below shows a Japanese fugu chef butchering a live fish [Warning: graphic footage!]
German restaurateur's solution to a smoking ban. Read about the smoking holes. 2/08
Free Republic
View a news clip about garlic being crushed by a restaurant employee - with his foot! 2/08
Diner Receives Bomb Threat Over Tip
