The (Complicated) American History of Mac and Cheese
“This is as delicious as it is problematic.” ~Historians Eating Mac and Cheese Mac and cheese. Macaroni and cheese. Mac dog and the cheeser. Two of these are socially recognized and accepted terms for...
View ArticleAmerica’s Weirdest, Strangest Burritos (That We’d Probably Eat)
“A burrito is a lot like sex. Everyone insists it’s just like pizza, except they’re wrong, because they don’t realize that Americans do some REALLY weird shit when making burritos.” ~Also, even when...
View ArticleMore of America’s Weirdest, Strangest Burritos (That We’d Probably Eat)
“I don’t care what’s inside of it, just give me that burrito.” ~America Last week we scoured the nation to bring to your attention burritos filled with, oh, let’s say…non-conventional ingredients. We...
View ArticleSix Strangest Marketing Gimmicks Used By Hidden Valley Ranch
“Ranch Dressing.” ~One of Four Check Boxes on Medical Forms Under “Reason For Heart Attack.” Ranch dressing claims to be one of the, if not the only, truly American salad dressing. We do not dispute...
View ArticleAFFotD Ranks Lay’s Regional Potato Chip Flavors
“Here’s a funny flavor. Buy our potato bits.” ~The Marketing Team at Lay’s Potato Chips Lay’s potato chips has a history of coming up with strange flavors, almost as if they know that coming up with...
View ArticleThe 16 Best Fast Food Hamburgers in America: A Stolen List
“I’m not mad about this assignment.” ~AFFotD’s Food Critic Full disclosure—we are straight up stealing an article here. It’s theft, pure and simple, taking this list from our friends at The Classic Dad...
View ArticleSix Regional Pizzas You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of
“I have very strong opinions about other people’s opinions about pizza, and this angers me.” ~The Internet Back in 2013 we wrote what, arguably, is our most divisive article that doesn’t insult ALDI....
View ArticleWe Just Learned That Oyster Ice Cream Exists So You Must Now Suffer This...
“Goddamn it, I’m eating, I don’t want to hear about this. Gross.” ~You This is going to be a short article, and it’s going to haunt you for a long time. We’d apologize but we ran out of sorries...
View ArticleDiCarlo’s Pizza Wants You To Know That They, and They Alone, Are Responsible...
“Please remove my company from your website. I don’t want my company listed on your page.” Management of DiCarlo’s Pizza, sent to our staff at 8:30 AM on a Sunday Eight years ago (!) we wrote a pretty...
View ArticleHi, Hello, We’ve Not Posted For a While But Apparently the Bitcoin People Are...
“Fortune…cookies favor the brave, wait, no, that isn’t the reason for this is it? Jesus Christ, is this my fault? IS THIS MY FAULT?” ~Matt Damon Hey! It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us,...
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