fast-food

The Secrets to Making Fast Food Appear Palatable

Mike Byhoff · 12/07/09 02:55PM

For millennia, man has questioned how Burger King tricks consumers by making Whoppers look edible in commercials. The answer is simple: In order to make fast food look good, you must make it even more disgusting.

McDonald's Gets 'Sleek' New Look, Food Still Terrible

Adrian Chen · 11/18/09 11:45PM

The new McDonald's in Chelsea is much improved. Not the food, dummy: The ambience. It's the first in America to undergo what the AP calls "a sleek, European-style makeover". Come, let us explore this wonderful place.

How Can We Lose Some Weight?

Hamilton Nolan · 10/06/09 10:45AM

We as Americans are not in the shape we once (1942) were. Is it possible to "lose" the accumulated weight of decades of Cap'n Crunch, Nestle Quik, and Quarter Pounders? America's willing to give it a shot. With crazy schemes.

A Brave New Donut

Hamilton Nolan · 10/02/09 11:10AM

When you're deciding which fast food franchise to buy into, one to avoid would be Dunkin Donuts, because the muckety-mucks at Dunkin Donuts headquarters will spy on you with video cameras, 24/7.

Relax: McDonald's Global Economic Domination Is Safe

Hamilton Nolan · 09/21/09 12:03PM

There is nothing—nothing—more American than McDonald's. So would weird, less-American competitors please stop trying to overtake McDonald's dominance? Soon, Subway will have more stores than McD's. What pansy message does this send to the world? Americans eat cucumbers?!?

Big Mac Attack

cityfile · 08/14/09 12:45PM

It's not bad enough that eating fatty foods will turn you into a fat ass. According to a group of British researchers who conducted a study with lab rats assigned to high and low-fat diets, eating fast food can lead to memory loss and impaired brain function, too. That certainly explains a lot, doesn't it? [NYDN]

Faster, Starbucks Robots!

Hamilton Nolan · 08/04/09 12:00PM

You, Starbucks worker: Your inefficiencies are showing! You lean to scoop coffee at a sub-optimal angle! You waste precious seconds with your sloppy human movements! Improve efficiency, serve coffee two seconds faster on average! Move swiftly for mother company's glory!