(Thinkstock)And I thought Morgan Spurlock’s 30-day McDonald’s binge was crazy.
The Village Voice’s Victoria Bekiempis will be eating Chinese takeout every day in 2012 — and it’s not to prove that it’s bad for us.
“I wanted to cover something that gets ignored,” the 24-year-old New York City journalist told MSNBC. “Chinese takeout is a culinary institution that needs to be discussed — it gets pushed aside because attention is given to ritzier places and food that seems more out of the ordinary.”
In her series “Year of the Takeout,” she chronicles her daily adventures in takeout, with each meal coming from a different New York Chinese eatery.
At six weeks in she’s still going strong, despite the often-mediocre meals.
“My expectation is that I’m going to get a lot of run-of-the-mill stuff, but it’s the diamonds in the rough make this project worthwhile,” she said.
Her food adventure is taking her to new areas of the city, exposing her to places and people she wouldn’t encounter otherwise. By the end of the year, she’ll have some pretty incredible takeout expertise to share with readers.
What food-type-for-a-year project would you be most eager to tackle?
I’m pretty sure there are more than 365 ice cream flavours in my city. I could be convinced to taste them all.
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