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Disappointing Food

Tuesday February 12, 2008

Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality

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Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser

Saturday August 7, 2004

I am apparently in a reading frenzy these days. I just knocked off Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser. The book is not all about marijuana, although it would certainly be compelling enough if it was only concerned with that one topic. Instead it’s three essays [...]

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Jack in the Box

Wednesday June 26, 2002

On the side of a Jack in the Box bag: Everything in here tastes amazing. Except the napkins.

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French Fries Deadly

Wednesday April 24, 2002

Great Caesar’s Ghost! This is possibly the worst news ever: Cancer Risk Found in French Fries! link via Random Thoughts from a Large Head

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Dave Eggars

Wednesday April 10, 2002

An interesting thought from McSweeney’s: Maybe Colonel Sanders wasn’t really all that interested in cooking. Maybe everything – the secret blend of herbs and spices, the down-home persona, the hundreds of franchisees – was a cover for the fact that he had a deep, abiding, and pathological hatred of hens.

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Marketing 101

Tuesday December 18, 2001

I went to Jack in the Box last night and ordered a Sourdough Combo. (Yes, I wanted a free holiday ball.) “And can I get a small fry on the side?” … A modest request, right? “I’m sorry, there is no small. Would you like a medium fry?” <pause> “Fine.” Make simplicity a selling point. [...]

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