Pickle Deli Square

May 28

May 28 In Search of the Best Spanish Tortilla: that wondrous disc of egg and potato

A comparative tasting of the diversity of tortillas españolas: from dry and industrially-produced to soupy, from cheap to “gourmet,” and every variation in between.

Mar 24

Mar 24 McDonald's Burger by a 2 Michelin Star Chef

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Food

Trying the "Grand McExtreme de McDonald's Ramón Freixa"...

Sep 3

Sep 3 McDecor: Self-Service Sustainability in France

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Food

A McDonald's using produce sourced from the local area...

Sep 3

Sep 3 McDecor: Fitness and Art in Germany

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Vernacular Design

Gyms and art museums in German McDonald's...

Aug 6

Aug 6 Boba at McDonald's!

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Food

Rather unfair that the McDonald's in Germany has bubble tea...

Sep 6

Sep 6 McDecor: Gorman rest break

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Vernacular Design

Time to move to San Francisco! On the ~10 hour drive from San Diego, we stopped at a McDonald's (where else) in a town called Gorman...

Jul 11

Jul 11 McDecor: World Cup fever

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Netherlands

My local McDonald's dressed up for the occasion...

May 23

May 23 McDecor: swish in Berlin

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Food

At Berlin Hauptbahnhof, I went to McDonald's for breakfast before getting on my train back to Eindhoven...

May 19

May 19 Finland McDonald's - green food

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Food

Every country I go to, I like to visit McDonald's to see what menu items might be unique to that country...

May 6

May 6 Dutch-inflected McDonald's

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Food

This winter, McDonald's had special "winter weeks" featuring rookworst (smoked sausage, very Dutch), stroopwafel McFlurry (McFlurry with caramel-laced cinnamon-y cookie pieces), and three different kinds of burgers representing different cities of the Netherlands...

Nov 22

Nov 22 American (fast food) in Europe

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Food

Representing America through fast food in Europe...

May 1

May 1 McDecor: Istanbul edition

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Round-the-World

The McDonald's in Argentina, Brazil, and South Africa didn't tempt me inside, with menus largely the same as the US. But Turkish McDonald's had some interesting menu items...