







Identify your food based on the location of structural starch. Is a hot dog a sandwich? No, it's clearly a taco.
Is That Restaurant’s AI Slop False Advertising?
It’s lazy, cheap, and misleading — but did your local diner break any laws by posting that altered image of that uncanny burger? Ravenous speaks with Truth In Advertising for answers.


In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen
Update 8/8/2025 – I wrote this the day before a certain post by a popular developer services company. I’ve seen some comments this is a rebuttal – it wasn’t meant to be! But…

The Unique Horrors of A.I. Food Slop
Why does it feel so unsettling when restaurants use generative A.I. to create their menus and promotional materials?

On the virtues of eating dog food - in limited quantities
I've been fairly clear at various points that a big part of the reason I wrote Jacquard in the first place was because I was trying to write something else, ...

‘Top Chef’ Host Kristen Kish Knows Good Snacks. Here Are the Treats She Always Packs.
The “Top Chef” host and celebrity chef is a master on-the-go snacker.

The AI-slop menu is disgusting and, sadly, makes perfect sense
Horrifying Reubens and nauseating circle shrimp are hot new menu items.
For AI Food Slop, Gross Is in the Eye of the Beholder
AI food imagery would still be a problem even if it didn't look horrifying.

Taco Bell removes lettuce from menu after explosive diarrhea link
About 1,645 people in five states were infected by the parasite after having Taco Bell, according to US health officials.

Restaurants, Please Stop Using AI-Generated Photos of Your Food
AI-generated food photos and menus are creeping into restaurants, but the uncanny images, mangled descriptions, and synthetic polish come at a cost: diners’ trust. When it comes to selling food, even an imperfect photo can be far more appetizing when it’s unmistakably real.
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Epic Everything Bagels — Dave's Killer Bread
Our organic Epic Everything® bagels have all the garlicky and oniony deliciousness you want, and pack a whopping 27g of whole grains per serving. You won't find any high fructose corn syrup in our bagels, but you will find 13g protein per serving.
What To Do If ICE Comes Knocking ~ L.A. TACO
Here's what is recommended if ICE comes to your door.

The lab has a meal from its oven!
On Livtet, ATProto and the First Release — Olamaelcu
olamaelcu.net@buildthis.bisks.net build an at proto enabled app that lets user count how many tacos they ate. Taco records should be aggregated through constellation.blue. Create a leaderboard-like UI, use the spaces pds to store data and let people create private leaderboards
Never thought about it this way lol. But it makes so much sense, it's literally food.
Idothethinking
But in reality you're losing lots of money; you're not saving more than 30 mins at best and TBH your brain will fill that procrastination with something else. There are times when delivery apps make sense but the benefit is far more psychological. I press button = Food. Its powerful.