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“REVIEW: Taco Bell Diablo Sauce”

January 18, 2021 By Jasmine George, FSU '24

“Taco Bell has opened a gate to hell. Proof: “Bell” rhymes with “hell.” Convenient. Seven layer burrito? Nine circles of hell. And there are actually nine layers if you count the tortilla and the Pepto Bismol that is actually essential. And latest of all, they’ve introduced Diablo sauce. Diablo, for the Latin-impaired, is Spanish for the mother-bleeping Devil. Maybe some of you know Diablo as “Stop playing that computer game and come to bed,” but for non-nerds they aren’t even trying to hide it. It’s called Devil sauce. Taco Bell has conjured El Diablo and is feeding us its hot fluids.

“Other hell ties: The Devil is, like, half goat and Taco Bell does NOT serve goat because then we would be eating the Devil’s relatives; “run for the (south) border” can be simplified to “run south” and south (down) is where hell is; and somehow they consider cinnamon Cheetos a dessert. Unholy.”   –Kevin, The Impulsive Buy, 2015

Read the full review here.

Categories: Dining & Leisure
Tagged with: 2015, Circles of Hell, Food, Hot Sauce, Reviews

Dominick’s Deli’s Dante’s Inferno

January 14, 2021 By Laura Chatellier, FSU '23

domincks-dante-inferno-dish-2020No. 46: Dante’s Inferno from Dominick’s Deli “Is it just us, or are the places that make a solid old Italian sandwich getting fewer and farther between? Because a really good sub is a science, and superior makers consider not just the flavor combination, but also the meat-to-bread ratio and how the thing holds up when you eat it–you don’t want your toppings making your bread soggy before you finish, and you don’t want your stuffing to slip out of the sides of your stack. Dominick’s Cafe, an old Upper East Side joint that’s been sating the neighborhood with hot heroes and prepared Italian foods for a couple of decades, nails this. Consider the Dante’s Inferno: Dominick’s cuts a slit in a chewy Italian loaf and then tightly and thickly layers in hot sopressata, pepperoni, prosciutto, smoked meat, and peppery jalapeño cheese. Hot pickled peppers, tomato slices, and a little vinegary house salad add the crowning touch before its wrapped in white deli paper and passed your way. Each bite brings perfect harmony among all ingredients, and the roll stays in tact until your final bite.” [. . .]    –Laura Shunk, Village Voice, August 22, 2013.

Categories: Consumer Goods
Tagged with: 2013, America, Cuisine, Food, New York

Dante’s Inferno Food Truck (Green Bay WI)

January 13, 2021 By Laura Chatellier, FSU '23

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See the whole “Dante’s Inferno Food Truck” Facebook page here.

Categories: Dining & Leisure
Tagged with: 2020, America, Food, Hell, Humor, Restaurants, Wisconsin

Pizzeria Drago Verde (Firenze)

January 3, 2021 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

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Photo taken at Pizzeria Drago Verde, Florence, Italy (January 17, 2019).

Categories: Dining & Leisure
Tagged with: Florence, Food, Italy, Pizza, Purgatorio, Restaurants

Dig In

May 3, 2020 By lsanchez

“Something’s Awry Productions is a small animation studio that has worked with Funny or Die, NBC Universal, Disney, and even LEGO. Now, they have a new animated short they’re trying to make called Dig In about a boy who dives into his giant birthday cake in something reminiscent of Dante’s Inferno.

“‘Dig In is a 7-minute CG animation about a boy who receives a birthday cake so huge that he has to descend through its layers, in the style of Dante’s Inferno, to rescue his pet lizard. He travels through 9 distinct layers of a cake where the stakes get higher as he gets closer to the bottom.'”    –Tommy Williams, GeekTyrant, April 6, 2020

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2020, Animation, Circles of Hell, Food, The Devil

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