The Food Kingdom

A periodic blog on new developments in the mass-produced food industry. This includes, but is not limited to the realm of fast food restaurants, snack foods, frozen products and, to a far lesser degree, casual dining establishments. The focus and fascination of this blog is the quest to produce palatable food in a context of automation and standardization. How good can something be when the factor of independent human creative agency is removed at the actual point of physical creation?

Friday, May 20, 2016

Frost in Translation - Hot Fudge Sundae Pop-Tarts

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A Victim of the Flavor Craze When Pop-Tarts were first introduced in 1964, it was a simpler time, especially with respect to flavors.  We...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Introducing Dutch Treats and Filipino Flavors

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An Attitude of Gratitude It may be a corny maxim that, when you send things out into the world, things come back in return.  But writing f...
Friday, April 29, 2016

Wendy's JalapeƱo Fresco Chicken Sandwich - Fast Food Champ of the Scoville Scale

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It Had to Be Wendy's Every fast-food joint has a personality that drives the content in their creations.  McDonald's test-markets ...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Oreo Update: Strawberry Shortcake Oreos (and S'More!)

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Are They Still Even Oreos? The proliferation of new flavors under the Oreo banner has created a sense of mission drift in the brand, and n...
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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Wendy's Jalapeno Fresco Chicken Sandwich - An Inauspicious Start

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We'll be posting a full review of Wendy's Jalapeno Fresco Chicken Sandwich early next week, but our first trial tasting was marred ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Sending a Big Box of America

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An Overseas Artist Friend In my day job, I work in educational video and have often had the pleasure to feature the artwork of Dutch-Engli...
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Friday, April 15, 2016

Short Orders for Friday - Weird Sno-Cones, White Chocolate Pringles, and More!

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Introducing Short Orders Not every specimen collected in the fields of the Food Kingdom is going to be worthy of a full and lengthy review...
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