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In the case of restaurants, some chains are well to the right or left, but most, including the largest ones like McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s, are at the political center. Those chains with high-turnout clientele are overwhelmingly Republican-leaning, including Cracker Barrel, Macaroni Grill, Outback Steakhouse, Arby’s and Chick-fil-A, while Church’s Chicken and Chuck E. Cheese’s are low-turnout Democratic.
This is important. [NY Times]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2nr24Ha6E1qzs6yjo1_1280.png)
In the case of restaurants, some chains are well to the right or left, but most, including the largest ones like McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s, are at the political center. Those chains with high-turnout clientele are overwhelmingly Republican-leaning, including Cracker Barrel, Macaroni Grill, Outback Steakhouse, Arby’s and Chick-fil-A, while Church’s Chicken and Chuck E. Cheese’s are low-turnout Democratic.
This is important. [NY Times]
LIVING. HELL.
never too old
Strict vegans and others who prefer not to eat ground-up insects were upset to learn that a sauce used in certain Starbucks drinks contains, well, ground-up insects. The Seattle Times reports that Starbucks Strawberries and Crème Frappuccinos are made with a sauce that contains cochineal extract, “made from the bodies of ground-up insects indigenous to Latin America.
Bugs can be yummy, but maybe not as faux-strawberries? / Not sure why the barista is labelled “rogue,” in the Toronto Life article. Seems like they were just using basic brain functions and pointing out Starbucks’ hypocrisy, non? / Rogue vegan barista outs Starbucks for using ground-up bugs as a red dye, Toronto Life blog
(Source: whistle-pig)
Tacocopter - Update
Earlier, I posted about a too-good-to-be-true future tech food delivery service called Tacocopter, a startup which claimed you could order a taco on your smartphone, and it would be delivered straight to you via quadcopter drone.
According to this Quora post … the service is real!
Dustin Boyer, Co-Founder at Tacocopter
Yes, we’re definitely real :) There are a number of technical and legal hurdles that our team is working through. If you’re interested in pushing the boundaries of robotics and food please email jobs@tacocopter.com
There you go … [link]
Those annoying fruit stickers can, apparently, be quiet informative:
- A 4-number code denotes conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables (pesticides used);
- A 5-number code beginning with 8 means, organic or not, the fruit or vegetable was genetically modified (GE or GMO);
- And a 5-number code beginning with 9 means the fruit was organically grown without genetic modification.
Burst Aid
Finger licking good pizza chicken french fries fingers… eh. Yeah! Win an iPod!!!
How in the…
Funny comments from “Kengo Kuma Designs The World’s Most Peaceful Starbucks”
Height of culinary achievement, indeed. The new American standard.
Sausage gravy dispenser is the height of culinary achievement.
Sometimes the world is so goddamn beautiful.
Please never show this to John Roderick.
Begging here.
Everyone: PLEASE DO show this to @johnroderick.
Maybe he will get on Tumblr.
That is all.
