​Two days ago, Fork in the Road put up a piece about the Jetbow sandwich at Carnegie Deli. It was a giant, collapsing mess held up by sticks, featuring an incongruous collection of deli meats. It made us wonder what a true Tebow sandwich would look like, encompassing the diverse history of the Heisman Trophy winner.

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​Where the hell did the fortune cookie come from, anyway?

How they were invented is a matter of some dispute, not where they were invented -- which was California. The magic happened approximately 100 years ago, when a Japanese company in that state decided to make a modern American version of a temple cookie that had been made in Japan for centuries called omikuji, which contained a random fortune tucked inside a cookie made with miso batter. The California version was lighter and smaller, and the fortunes, of course, were in English. It was supposedly first made in the U.S. by a guy named Makoto Hagiwara, who served the cookies in a Japanese tea garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

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​Stumbled on this scene on 23rd Street as I wobbled home from the barbecue last evening. Anyone have any idea what it means? In the comments, please. Nothing has been altered or rearranged. Best explanation will receive praise. Click on image to make seeing it a lot easier.

​The raw materials

When I was a kid in Minneapolis, a visit to IHOP (or its feuding competitor, Perkins Pancake House) was a rare and much-to-be anticipated occasion, and one of the very few meals eaten outside of the house or the confines of the backyard. When my twin brothers and I got there, we never stopped to examine the menu, because our order was predetermined: pigs in blankets.

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You're a doting foodie parent, and every day your kid's Speed Racer lunchbox is packed with the choicest farmers' market vittles. But could you be an even better foodie parent? There's a dad in San Diego who draws on his kids' lunch bags every day, mainly sci-fi, literary, and cartoon stuff. His Tumblr is devoted to original art by him and other artist moms and dads who draw on their children's recycled paper lunch bags. Here are our favorite 10, and Fork in the Road invites you and your offspring to feast on envy as you admire them.

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​The #1 Veggie Burger at Elevation Burger is all orange and ricey.

We've snuck peeks at Eater's weeklong burger coverage somewhat enviously, but our peeking has also made us want to get into the act. Accordingly, here are some of the more perverse burgers we've encountered over the last few months, and perhaps it will surprise you to know that one is vegetarian, and one vegan. Unless you insist on putting a piece of American cheese on top.

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​This must be the place!

Like millions of other foodies, I'm super-curious about the cuisine of molecular gastronaut Ferran Adrià, but I despair of ever tasting it. Eating at elBulli requires years of planning and thousands of dollars in expenses (the dinner alone would set you back $400 per person), not to mention traveling to and orienteering in an obscure corner of Spain.

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