Animal crackers in the news
Nabisco’s animal crackers are now cage-free.
Rice and beans à la Hannity
Sean Hannity echoes The Grapes of Wrath.
The Electric Soup Kitchen
From 1940: a gimmick to sell soup in soda fountains, luncheonettes, and tea rooms.
Taco Bell lawsuit
It turns out that Taco Bell’s “seasoned beef” is eighty-eight percent beef.
“Taste worth dying for!”
The Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona, seems like an outtake from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest.
"THIS IS FUN"
1940s ad for mystery fun-producing food
Coming soon: fun
A 1940s ad for a food that means fun. Can you guess what it is?
End of the U.S. sardine industry
The last cannery closes.
Cooking and television
Michael Pollan on the meaning of food television
Florida Citrus responds
The Florida Department of Citrus has responded to Alissa Hamilton's book Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice: "The basic principle of orange juice processing is similar to how you make orange juice at home."
Review: Squeezed, the orange juice book
Review of Alissa Hamilton's Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice
NEDAwareness Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Buy peanut butter
With a list of companies unaffected by the recall
Store brands on the march
Store brands rise in popularity, though some name brands are inimitable.
Feeding times
On feasting and feeding, Norman Rockwell and Sara Lee
Chicken strips and fries
On changing children's menus
Dinner
NY Times on families eating meals together
Where's my dinner?
The origins of the TV dinner