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Bon Bon Jovi, Piggy Izalea, Pork Floyd: Fun With Foodie Band Names

We here at The Salt can't resist a good pun, so we couldn't help but chuckle at a #FoodieBandNames hashtag that began playing out among the foodie Twitterverse on Tuesday.

It all started when Zagat called for people to tweet their favorite mashups of foods and bands.

With a little time to marinate, the tweets only improved.

Cue the inevitable Ariana Grande coffee humor...

And this blogger's favorite:

Our friends at NPR Music also weighed in. Producer Lars Gotrich offered up his picks, including:

We're also partial to this one, seeing as how the guys from Death Cab for Cutie stopped by this afternoon for a Tiny Desk Concert. Alas, no Cabernet was consumed.

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Poncie Rutsch