Salon's Francis Lam ate a McRib sandwich and lived to tell about it. Calling it "an important advancement in Postmodern Simulacra Cuisine," he writes about its infrequent availability: "The patty gets an impressive 75 percent of its calories from fat, and marketers as savvy as McDonald's know it does them little good to actually kill off their customers right away." [Salon]
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