Another Monday, another flowchart from Eating the Road. This time, Candy Edition. It's probably EtR's longest and most intense chart yet, with plenty of humorous decision points: "Were you searching in the couch cushions?" "Do you like eating toothpaste?" My one quibble with it is that it asks if you like "real" licorice and then directs you to black Red Vines. That ain't real licorice!...
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[Illustration: Eating the Road] If, for some reason, you find yourself in a fast food mood, the blog Eating the Road has a humorous flowchart to guide you through the decision-making process. Factors start out fairly straightforward (location, time of day) but then grow increasingly absurd ("Are you you drunk?" "On malt liquor?") as you work your way down the decision tree....
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[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Eating at a buffet isn't as simple as picking whatever you want from the steaming trays and piling them onto your plate. As Eating the Road's All-Inclusive All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Guide shows, there's much, much more. His frighteningly comprehensive guide covers eight aspects of buffet dining—Types of Buffets, Objective, Preparation, Location, Pre-meal Setup, Strategy, Etiquette, and Exit Strategy and Post Game—to ensure that you get the most out of your buffet dollars and fully recuperate from a meal that will probably tax your digestive system within an inch of its life. Time to break out those antacids. Related All-You-Can-Eat Restaurants: Great Deal, Or Bad Policy? How-To: Eat All You Can Eat Behind the Scenes at the World's...
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