Random Food Thoughts

[axolotl]

The 50 Best Pizzerias in America, According to Yelp

Your next great slice might be just around the corner.

getpocket.com

I honestly did not expect that six seven eight of the top 20 pizzerias would be in California.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The 50 Best Pizzerias in America, According to Yelp

Your next great slice might be just around the corner.

getpocket.com

I honestly did not expect that six seven eight of the top 20 pizzerias would be in California.

Pizza has become absurdly expensive.

 

[Nickyboy]

The 50 Best Pizzerias in America, According to Yelp

Your next great slice might be just around the corner.

getpocket.com

I honestly did not expect that six seven eight of the top 20 pizzerias would be in California.

I saw a list the other day of the best burger chains and most of them were in California, also. And I had only heard of a few of them before.

 

[axolotl]

I saw a list the other day of the best burger chains and most of them were in California, also. And I had only heard of a few of them before.

I can attest that I have been none of these (or those) places, whether nearby or not.

 

[axolotl]

Eggs down by a lot. Bananas down by a whole bunch.

Spoiler

In other spews:

Spoiler

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/go...r&cvid=46e00a21cd00451fcf355c4c45a13f13&ei=11

 

[Ojai Sam]

According to Wiki, silent film star Madge Bellamy:

“was briefly married to bond broker Logan F. Metcalf. They married in Tijuana on January 24, 1928 and separated four days later. Metcalf filed for divorce claiming that while the two were on honeymoon, Bellamy had refused to speak to him because of his fondness for eating ham and eggs, which she considered "plebeian”. Metcalf was granted a divorce on April 25, 1928.”

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I can no longer eat in restaurants and will have to get everything to go.

The problem is, whatever I eat, gives me an immediate runny nose.

 

[axolotl]

I can no longer eat in restaurants and will have to get everything to go.

The problem is, whatever I eat, gives me an immediate runny nose.

Do you have any known food allergies?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Do you have any known food allergies?

Yes, everything.

 

[axolotl]

Yes, everything.

Know-it-all!

ETA: That sounds terrible, actually. I hope you find a way through.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Know-it-all!

ETA: That sounds terrible, actually. I hope you find a way through.

Yes, it's called getting food to go because I hate blowing my nose in public.

 

[axolotl]

Yes, it's called getting food to go because I hate blowing my nose in public.

At least you don't picket, or there would be a protest.

 

[axolotl]

The Worst Sandwich Is Back

Wraps are popular again. So is a certain kind of physique.

www.theatlantic.com

https://archive.ph/F6Bmq

P. S. I dissent, and that's a wrap.

 

[axolotl]

The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich

The sun is setting on burger dominance.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[Ojai Sam]

Deciding where to eat? Here is an AI powered website that will tell you not how good the food is, but how attractive the clientele is:

LooksMapping

 

[axolotl]

Deciding where to eat? Here is an AI powered website that will tell you not how good the food is, but how attractive the clientele is:

LooksMapping

I'm currently looking for places where the clientele yell at me to get out. This should work nicely.

 

[axolotl]

Why Jolly Ranchers Are Banned in the UK but Not the US

Crude-oil-derived substances in the candy have been linked to health problems—and the regulations that have allowed their use in the US are now in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crosshairs.

www.wired.com

 

[Nickyboy]

Why Jolly Ranchers Are Banned in the UK but Not the US

Crude-oil-derived substances in the candy have been linked to health problems—and the regulations that have allowed their use in the US are now in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crosshairs.

www.wired.com

I guess you'll have to find a new candy to pull your fillings out. Maybe Jujubes or Sugar Daddy will do the trick.

 

[Nickyboy]

How Switzerland does milk ads. A bit better than "got milk?".,no? I think so.

 

[axolotl]

You can't outrun a bad diet. Food — not lack of exercise — fuels obesity, study finds​

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5477662/diet-exercise-obesity-nutrition?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

"It's 100% the diet," agrees Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, director of the Food is Medicine Institute at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. "And I think then the question is, what is it about the diet?"

Mozaffarian was not involved in the study, but he says it adds to other recent research that suggests food is the biggest driver in obesity. He points out there's been a major shift in our food supply in recent decades — which is now dominated by ultra-processed food. In a subanalysis of the data for some of the populations, Pontzer and his colleagues found that people in countries that got more of their calories from ultra-processed foods tended to have more obesity and higher body fat percentages.

"For decades we've been telling Americans that you're lazy, it's your fault, you're not moving enough, you're eating too much," Mozaffarian says. "And I think what this study shows is that there's really complicated biology happening and that our food is driving this."

Now, this doesn't mean there's no reason to exercise. After all, it's good for our mental and physical health in so many ways that have nothing to do with weight.

But it does mean we can't outrun a bad diet. Pontzer says if we want to tackle obesity, the public health message should focus on changing what's on our plates.