Velveeta fudge?

via Serious Eats
This is a real throwback recipe.  An oldie, but not necessarily a goodie.  I can see myself paging through an old Betty Crocker cookbook from the 50's and happening upon this one.  It's completely disgusting.  Why would you make this when you could make real fudge...you know the kind that has real sugar and cream in it.  My friends at Betty's Tasty Buttons are shitting their pants right now.   

I'm not sure what this should be called, but it is certainly NOT fudge.  Maybe Velveeta Chocolate Loaf?  Thanks for ruining my morning, Kraft.  And...I can always count on you, Paula Deen, to be in cahoots with all that is evil about the food industry.  I know you mean well, Paula, and you seem like a nice lady, but this crap will kill you someday.  How about a round of doughnut burgers with a velveeta fudge chaser?  Anyone?

McDon't!

Behold this freak of nature, the McMacaron. Just one year after the first Starbucks opened very, very close to the Louvre a McDonald's is scheduled to open next month. I just thank god that it will be underground and those dreadful golden arches won't be obstructing the view of that "hideous" glass pyramid.

I suppose I am sleeping with the enemy though, because last week I got an espresso at the McCafé in the train station in Palermo. There was nothing else around and I needed a fix! I just hope I don't find myself underground at the Louvre saying the same thing after I've devoured a royale with cheese.

Also in hamburger news: the bacon cheeseburger minus a bun plus 2 doughnuts known as the "Craz-E Burger" has landed in Massachusetts and is a huge hit. I believe this can quite literally be described as a hot mess. The Daily Telegraph says it hails from a bar in Decatur, Georgia. I'm sure none of us will be surprised when I say that Paula Deen has her own version (pictured at left) that takes it up a notch and adds a fried egg. As if there is a notch above a beef pattie topped with bacon and sandwiched in between 2 doughnuts. Yikes.

I just had a vision of myself wrapped in an American flag standing atop the glass pyramid at the Louvre, a craz-e burger in one hand and a starbucks coffee in the other. Man, I really miss home.