#pizzabon

[nycpizzahaiku]

The "Pizzabon" is

a food that I have not quite

wrapped my head around.

[today]

'Pizzabon' tested in Atlanta, get lukewarm reception from foodies

Cinnabon + pizza. Would you try it?

[exbestfriend]

The Pizzabon is the Honey Boo Boo Child of Food

This might seem like a stretch or that I’m making quite a fuss over the “concept” behind a dumb food stunt, but that’s condescending to the amount of thought, money, and cultural power that goes into fast food. Amidst all of the arguments around Chik-fil-A recently, I heard more than few people argue that it was “just a chicken sandwich.” Sure, that sounds nice and simple, but food is an expression of culture, values, history, and class when a celebrity chef or a fast food joint makes it.

Fun fact: Cinnabon was the first American business to open in Libya after Muammar Gaddafi’s regime was overthrown last year. They’re owned by Roark Capital Group, a private equity firm named for the protagonist of Ayn Rand’s insufferable novel The Fountainhead. So, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say these guys are acting as America’s cultural ambassadors in the rest of world and they’re sending Honey Boo Boo Child to represent us.

-Wyatt Williams for Atlanta Magazine

[atlantamagazine-blog-blog]

Commentary: I ate Cinnabon's Pizzabon so you won't have to

From the post:

There’s something insidious to me about the self-aware logic that underpins the stunt sandwich: It’s asking the customer to be in on the joke of fast food. The concept is practically yelling, “You remember how gross and unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable fast food is? Well, this is, like, TWICE as gross as that. Come eat it.” The Pizzabon asks the consumer to acknowledge the unappetizing absurdity of fast food while participating in it. It’s the same logic that operates in reality television: encouraging us to pity and laugh at people while participating in their glorification. The Pizzabon is the Honey Boo Boo Child of food.

Read Wyatt Williams's blog post

Promo photo courtesy Cinnabon, real photo by author

[eatingaboutwriting]

The Pizzabon belongs in a growing cannon of food items that includes the KFC Double Down and Taco Bell’s Taco Loco. What these foods share is not a set of ingredients, but a very specific concept: The food should sound initially offensive but simultaneously appealing to the pleasure centers that fast food has been scientifically engineered to massage. These are food items meant to be talked about as much as eaten. I’d say that there’s enough of this happening to call it new tradition in American corporate food: the stunt sandwich.

Commentary: I ate Cinnabon's Pizzabon so you won't have to - Dining News - Covered Dish - Blogs - Atlanta Magazine

[nparts-blog-blog]

Five important questions about Cinnabon's new Pizzabon

1. Is there cheese on the inside, or is it just a doughy mound of dough made mostly of dough but with a bit of stuff on top?

2. Could one request a Cinnabon-Pizzabon hybrid? A Cinzabon?

3. Will there be pizza-sized Pizzabons, and could this open the door to pizza-sized Cinnabons?

4. Does Cinnabon plan to expand the “bon”-brand to any other common fast food items? Bagelbons, for instance? Burgerbons? Burritobons?

5. Will Cinnabon franchises be extending their hours to, say, 3 a.m. to serve the Pizzabon? Because really, Cinnabon, this thing is gonna look like the Holy Grail at 3 a.m. to a lot of people.

[mkepizzaclub-blog]

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