So you might have read that McDonald's is pulling out of the country of Iceland. That's right, the symbol of American globalization will no longer be on Icelandic shores. The three McDonald's restaurants - all in the capital Reykjavik - will close next weekend.  The real reason for the closure might [...]

It's hard for Americans to understand how nationalistic passions can get worked up over food. Culturally, we're the ultimate culinary magpies. We borrowed pizza from the Italians, hamburgers from the Germans and ice cream from the British and it all worked pretty well. But in other parts of the world, [...]

Ok, I really hate everything McDonald's stands for, both on a micro level as a food choice, and on a macro level for its impact on the food business and farmers, but when I saw that they would be opening up a branch in the Musée du Louvre, I wasn't, [...]

File this news under things that should never, ever happen. Does anyone recall when we went to war in Iraq and France did not approve and we changed the name of our fried potato creations to Freedom Fries? Because that was the way to get them back. But apparently pure [...]