Food & Drink

Rice revolution and Matzo madness, Popeye’s and Hor-moo-nes, and the death of Spanish techno-cuisine (?): It’s the Monday Media Wrap-up

by Brian Ries March 31, 2008June 5, 2022

"On Tuesday, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines, afraid of increasing rice scarcity, ordered government investigators to track down hoarders."

"Fast food has always been an especially effective stimulant of the synapses that link my unrefined palate to the pleasure center of my brain, and it seems to do so in direct proportion to the obscurity of the restaurant chain that served it."

â€œTam Tams, in addition to being a fulfilling snack especially satisfying after downing a double-size domestic beer in the parking lot of the Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago, are a basic human right. Shame on Manischewitz!â€

â€œThere is no difference in the milk,â€ Monsanto spokesperson Lori Hoag told the Cincinnati Enquirer. â€œThere is absolutely no difference in the milk.â€

"And if Batali is gushing about gelatin cubes, isn't it just a matter of time before Rachael Ray pulls out a jar of Xantana and calls it "yum-o"?"

This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2008.

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