ICYMI: What The Hell Happened To Fall Break Edition

–Serious Eats tries all 127 flavors of the Freestyle Coke Machine, does not die in along the way.

-A bit late, but the NYTimes Magazine is always good stuff, and their “Food & Drink” issue a few weeks ago was no exception.

–The A.V. Club talks to Andrew Zimmern, with some interesting bits on the recurring “Bourdain talks smack about X” meme and related topics:

AZ:  Look, on a philosophical level and on a cultural level, I think it’s dangerous to shut the doors to the kitchen and try to get through it as quickly as possible. I know people are time poor. I know people are cash-poor. I know that eating well has become a class issue in this country. But we need to be inclusive, educational, and problem-solve for people, and not cover things up by dumping a can into a bowl, stirring it up, and cooking pizza hot dish casserole-style.

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