We're So Over Juice

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Not dinner.

Welcome back to We're So Over. At Fork in the Road, we spend a lot of time eating, discussing, and evaluating the foods that we love. This column is dedicated to the other stuff.

"Hey, how was your bathroom break?" is what you might as well say to anyone holding a green juice. Because the thing that makes juice drinkers such shiny, self-satisfied, healthy-looking people isn't self-discipline. It's pooping. Juice makes you poop.


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We're So Over Greek Yogurt

Categories: We're So Over

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No, thanks.

Welcome to We're So Over . . . At Fork in the Road, we spend a lot of time eating, discussing, and evaluating the foods that we love. This column is dedicated to the other stuff.

Why are we evaluating the excellence of a dairy product based on the lingering indentation left by our spoons?

Sure, a decade ago it felt exotic -- nay, decadent -- to plunge our utensils into a mound of strained, pillowy milk, as compared to the phlegm-like, fruit-on-the-bottom disasters of so many lunchbox memories. At first, Greek yogurt felt worldly and chic. With its compact packaging and slightly sour tang, it was clear that this was the food of the gods, or at least the characters from Gossip Girl.


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