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Fast Food Avengers: The Chicken Wars (Part 2)

Paul Tree drove his pickup truck to the Farmer’s Market. He parked with the half a dozen other trucks who arrived around 6 am. He looked down and saw a new text from his wife. Look who’s up early 🙂 (chef emoji) In the photo was his 7-year-old son standing on a wooden box in... Read more »

By Chris O'Brien,
August 18, 2021 at 7:14 am • 

Fast Food Avengers: The Chicken Wars (Part 1)

To understand the current fried chicken sandwich battle (also known as “The Chicken Wars”), one must go deeper into history and study the origin story of our iconic fast-food restaurants. Like a greasy version of The Iliad, this epic poem sets “the table,” so to speak, for the fast-food universe. This, my friends, is how... Read more »

By Chris O'Brien,
August 4, 2021 at 7:28 am • 

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