"open letters" news and stories

I've long been a fan of McSweeney's Reviews of New Food, but a link on Food Migration recently pointed out some food-related material elsewhere on McSweeney's. "An Open Letter to Foie Gras" finds frustrated waitress Jennifer O'Reilly wondering why the fancy French liver can't just come out and say what it is. She asks: "How was I to know what you were, Foie Gras? I've never eaten in a fancy restaurant. I don't speak French. How was I to know they gave prospective wait staff competency tests asking them about obscure high-cuisine dishes?" More recently, the open letters section featured a steamy love letter to the Taco Bell Crunch Wrap Supreme. "The second your tortilla met my lips, I knew there was no turning back." Um, yeah. There's a letter to Omaha Steaks, as well. As a side note, you can find a review of mine, "Grapples (a reprise)" buried somewhere in the new food reviews.