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Fun for Friday: Is a Sandwich a Taco?

| October 11, 2024

As a big fan of the Cube Rule, I’m entertained by pretty much all attempts to classify (and sometimes misclassify) food items as different types of food items. Like, for example, Pop Tarts being a sweet ravioli (or ravioli being a savory Pop Tart, depending who you ask). So Is a Sandwich a Taco? is […]

“A Burrito is not a Sandwich” in Intercity Illusions

| August 9, 2022

The title of my story, “A Burrito is not a Sandwich,” was absolutely meant to be a reference to the ongoing battles over what is and what is not a sandwich. Personally, I subscribe to the cube theory, by which a burrito absolutely is not a sandwich. But what started for me as a story […]