WEEKEND READING – 8/27/2016

KFC

Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week. Enjoy.

For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (via Kottke)

Meet the Illustrator Behind Cap’n Crunch! (via Cerealously)

The chork is the fork-chopstick love child that America deserves (via The Washington Post)

How Do You Know Your Lab-Grown Burger Is Safe To Eat? (via MIT Technology Review)

Cup Noodles slurping strong, 45 years on (via The Japan Times)

Image via flickr user Marufish / CC BY SA 2.0

WEEKEND READING – 8/20/2016

Ruffles cheddar sour cream

Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week. Enjoy.

Letter of Recommendation: Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles (via New York Times)

How Deep Fried Twinkies came to be (via Food Business News)

Beyond SPAM (Click the link to read the article or to make the SPAM move as you drag your cursor over it) (via Bloomberg)

The Melt Report: 7 Fascinating Facts About Melting Ice Cream (via Ben & Jerry’s blog)

(Image via Frito-Lay website)