food

Hamilton Nolan · 07/02/14 01:42PM

"The percentage of Americans who snack three or more times a day rose to 56% by 2010, according to the latest available government data. That is up from roughly 20% in the 1990s and 10% in the late 1970s." We love snacks!!

Americans Claim to Hate the Fast Food Chains They Love

Hamilton Nolan · 07/02/14 08:09AM

Americans spend close to $2 billion a day dining out, and most of that money ain't being spent at The Four Seasons, if you know what we mean. (It is being spent on cheap garbage food.) Heartbreakingly, Americans now say they loathe the fast food chains to which they've pledged their lives.

Americans, It's Time to Eat Haggis

Dayna Evans · 06/30/14 10:20AM

Americans, who are unforgiving pussies about the kinds of foods they'll eat, are set to be repulsed and disgusted by a new meal: The decades-long ban on imported haggis—a Scottish delicacy made from sheep's meat stuffed inside a sheep's stomach—might be getting lifted soon. Run for the hills.

Take Me to Sanborns: Swiss Enchiladas and Race in Mexico City

Eric Nusbaum · 06/23/14 01:00PM

In the first chapter of D.H. Lawrence's late novel, The Plumed Serpent, an Irishwoman named Kate has a terrible experience at a Mexico City bullfight. The book is set during the Mexican revolution. Kate is overwhelmed by the sights and sounds in the arena and by the murderous event itself. Afterward, she tells a driver:

Watch 1,000 People Cry Eating Ghost Peppers

Aleksander Chan · 06/11/14 08:44PM

The Bhut Jolokia, or "ghost pepper" was, for a time, the hottest pepper on the planet, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. It is definitely hotter than Tabasco sauce. One thousand people in Copenhagen downed one simultaneously as part of a spicy stunt put on by pepper enthusiast Claus Pilgaard. There were tears.

Arby's to Air Thirteen-Hour Commercial In Duluth, Minnesota

Dayna Evans · 05/24/14 09:00AM

Arby's, which has been on its game as the new cool brand to watch, is pulling another publicity stunt that only residents of Duluth, Minnesota will get to enjoy. For thirteen hours, starting at 1 p.m. today, the cooked meat shill will air one single commercial on local network My9. The storyline is magical.

Lunchables Allegedly Cool For Teens Now

Hamilton Nolan · 05/19/14 11:56AM

Lunchables, the popular cracker-n-meat-n-cheez combo meals indicative of how much your parents did not care about your health as a child, are now considered acceptable sustenance for even high school-aged kids. Are adults next?

Hamilton Nolan · 05/16/14 08:29AM

Fishlike casual dining chain Red Lobster is being sold to a private equity firm for $2.1 billion. Ehh... what joke would you make about Red Lobster right now? Leave it in the comments, or whatever. It's too early.

Burgers For Breakfast, Because Nothing Really Matters

Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/14 08:15AM

Burger King today announced that it will serve its burgers for breakfast now, as part of their new corporate philosophy, "Why try harder than absolutely necessary when the American people want nothing more than to eat themselves into oblivion to erase the pain of being locked into this zombie-like existence?"

Hamilton Nolan · 04/24/14 09:38AM

To counteract America's waning love for frozen food, Stouffer's is launching new ads with the theme, "Made for you to love." In one, "two brothers who have been tussling reach a truce brought about by lasagna."