Veni Vidi Vendi – A Paean For The Future
While robot maids, 9 hour work-weeks and thriving cog-based economies have yet to materialize, the idea of machine-dispensed food is the wave of the future, today!
The Smell Of Commerce In The Morning
The success of the food cart, as a concept, is unquestioned. Purveyors of portable provisions have caused not only a reinvention of small scale dining but a renaissance of edible options for the metropolitan areas and farmer’s markets they serve.
Eat Your Heart Out, America
The time is now: Competitive eating should take its place among the pantheon of American sports.
In Defense Of Crap
In the continuing effort to glam it up culinarily, Evan says we may be leaving a part of ourselves behind. Some foods simply can’t be improved, and are actually made better by lack of care and quality.
The Cute Factor
There are few universal truths anymore. The downside of increasing knowledge is knowing how little we actually know (thanks Socrates, you jerk). And with increasing knowledge comes increasing sorrow (thanks Ecclesiastes, you jerk).
Market Day or Looking Into Food Futures
Now that apparently all of our foreign policy issues have been resolved, focus in politics has shifted toward the economy and stock market. As if anyone needed further proof, looking into hot button topics like futures (essentially bets on the future success or failure of a particular commodity) reveals the completely abstract nature of how we do economics.
Music be the food of the soul…
The recent failure of Flav’s Fried Chicken has inspired us to ponder similarly celebrity-owned ventures.
Stupid Food Words: Drinkability
American Media English is full of bullshit words, and nowhere is that more evident than in critical writing.
