Just some links I’ve found as I make a leisurely Sunday “stroll” through the usual foodie sites.  Settle down with some coffee and check them out.

Sure, we’ve heard many stories of odd, non-food items getting into fast food. Our reaction ranges from “meh” to “Oh dude that is GROSS!” depending on the item in question.  My only reaction to hearing the latest – that a man is suing McDonald’s because he swallowed a gold earring embedded in his sandwich – was “If you’d chewed your food properly, you might have noticed it before you swallowed it.” I’m sure I will be told I am being unkind, that it was a tiny earring or something. But if it was that tiny, you’d have thought they wouldn’t have had so much trouble getting it out of his throat.

No, there should not have been an earring in his sandwich. Yes, McDonalds should pay for all reasonable medical costs and lost wages incurred. Note I said REASONABLE. If this is one of those millions for pain and suffering situations, I call “shenanigans.”

And now, an amusing interlude from the New York Times. The Mayor in Snack Mode. Oh mini-Mayor, how very “do as I say, not as I do” of you!  Still, I know how you feel. We all struggle with cravings. But I must object to your statement that “I like a Big Mac like everybody else.” Mr. Mayor, I am a member of “everybody else” and I do not like Big Macs. I have never liked Big Macs and if presented with the opportunity to eat one in the normal course of events, I would shun it as I shun a sharp stick in the eye. Blech!

I’ve been street food obsessed lately but that obsession has been focused largely on New York (with a glance or two at London – more on that later) but things in Los Angeles street food are heating up as temps come down. I have a friend who is ALL over this topic and became my food truck eyes and ears when she was here in NY. Now that she’s in LA, she’s at the center of the action again. Maybe I can get her to chime in here!