Portland’s most successful restauranteur doesn’t care about your fancy, fresh-picked, locally sourced garden ingredients. He cooks for $$$.
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Posted inCulture, Food, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
I’ll Have an Open-Face Nacho Sandwich With Extra Pork Fat and a Side of Mop Water, Please
Investigating the benefits of menu hacking and customer re-personalization.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, History, Quotes
The Little Franchise That Couldn’t
Ollie Gleichenhaus cooked up a mean hamburger. How come Americans are eating Big Macs and Whoppers instead of Ollieburgers?
Posted inBusiness, Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
It’s Time for Hooters to GTFO
My recommendation: a complete rebrand, where all Hooters restaurants are converted into owl sanctuaries.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Come for the Crullers, Stay for the Community
“It’s funny, how a seemingly soulless franchise started to feel like an old friend, once I spent enough time there.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Junk Food is 21st Century Imperialism
The first in a New York Times’ series about global obesity looks at the place of processed foods in Brazil.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
Who Says Healthy Food Can’t Be Accessible and Affordable?
Daniel Patterson, and the challenges of bringing fast healthy food to the impoverished neighborhoods trapped in food deserts.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Reading List
Seven Stories About the Science Behind Fast Food
Stories about how fast food co-opted science and technology to create more craveable products.
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Domino’s Atoned for Its Crimes Against Pizza and Built a $9 Billion Empire
The once-flagging pizza chain launched dozens of digital marketing initiatives and made headline-grabbing changes to its delivery trucks, but their rebound can be traced to just one thing — making the pizza better.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Salt, Sugar, Fat, Repeat: A Reading List on Restaurant Chains
On regionality, class, and culture, from Waffle House to the Cheesecake Factory.