Divya Gugnani is the CEO and founder of BehindtheBurner.com, an emerging culinary media brand that creates expert-based content about food, wine, mixology, and nutrition.
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Why Is McDonald's Getting Fancy?
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Mike Albo is a writer and performer who lives and loves in Brooklyn. His second novel, (written with Virginia Heffernan) is the cult humor classic The Underminer: The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life. You can find him at mikealbo.com.
McDonald's is trying to turn into Starbucks, while Starbucks is trying to get away from itself by opening logo-less stores. Mike Albo looks at the changing world of insta-food.
Haute McNuggets
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Lizzie Stark is a freelance journalist who has written for the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Daily Beast. She also edits the lit-mag Fringe and is at work on a narrative nonfiction book about Live Action Role Play, or LARP.
Beef bourguignon from a Whopper? Foie gras from a Nathan's hot dog? Farfalle from a Subway footlong? Meet the magician who can turn fast food into gourmet meals. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Fancy Fast Food
Two Taco Bell Burrito Supremes and a beef soft taco are unwrapped, and their fillings mixed in a bowl. Each tortilla is cut into circles, refilled,...
How America Killed French Cuisine
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Kathleen Willcox is a freelance writer and a student at the Institute of Culinary Education.
Freedom fries lovers, rejoice! The growing American influence over French cooking has turned Paris into a city of bad baguettes and processed cheese.
Does Wal-Mart Make You Skinny?
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Radley Balko is a senior editor for Reason magazine, and maintains a blog at TheAgitator.com.
Surprising research suggests Wal-Mart can actually reduce obesity in low-income neighborhoods starved for affordable fresh food.
10 Power Food Combos
How Obama Wins in 2012
As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono.
How Barack Beat Bibi
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, will be published by HarperCollins in June. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
The Democrats' Black Sheep
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
The Many Faces of Toni Collette
Rebecca Dana is a senior correspondent for The Daily Beast. A former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she has also written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Rolling Stone and Slate, among other publications.
Eric Holder's Troubles Mount
Philip Shenon, a former investigative reporter at The New York Times, is the author of The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation.
