Commentary: I ate Cinnabon’s Pizzabon so you won’t have to
From the post:
There’s something insidious to me about the self-aware logic that underpins the stunt sandwich: It’s asking the customer to be in on the joke of fast food. The concept is practically yelling, “You remember how gross and unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable fast food is? Well, this is, like, TWICE as gross as that. Come eat it.” The Pizzabon asks the consumer to acknowledge the unappetizing absurdity of fast food while participating in it. It’s the same logic that operates in reality television: encouraging us to pity and laugh at people while participating in their glorification. The Pizzabon is the Honey Boo Boo Child of food.
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Promo photo courtesy Cinnabon, real photo by author
![White Oak Pastures to open restaurant on farm
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That name, Pasture to Plate, may sound a little commonplace amongst the trendy farm-to-table vogue, but few places can claim such a direct and short connection. “The good news is that that [the restaurant] is right smack dab in the middle of a organic vegetable farm. The bad news is that it’s behind the slaughterhouse,” Harris said, chuckling slightly about the location.
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