The Crunchwrap

Dispatches, short essays, and bad jokes about news, fast food, work, America, and Americana from journalist and author Adam Chandler.

By Adam Chandler

A Good Hang With the Raising Cane's CEO

May 14 • Adam Chandler

Huge, Enormous News From Crunchwrap HQ

May 4 • Adam Chandler

The Crunchwrap's Crusade Against AI

Part I: Unwrapping Welch's Fruit Snacks' insane AI tool
Mar 21 • Adam Chandler

Have You Ever Eaten an Armadillo Egg?

Snacking an insane road dish in rural Illinois
Feb 17 • Adam Chandler

Paul McCartney x McDonald's

A night in Montreal with two 80-year-old global brands
Jan 9 • Adam Chandler

Will This Cookie Crumbl?

Inside my wild deep dive for Bloomberg Businessweek
Dec 13, 2025 • Adam Chandler

The 2025 Gift Guide for Dirtbags

By popular demand, presents for the glutton slacker slob in your life
Dec 2, 2025 • Adam Chandler

Ben Franklin Wanted the Turkey as the National Bird

• I join PBS NewsHour to talk SNAP and food insecurity
  Nov 27, 2025 • Adam Chandler

The Crunchwrap

Dispatches, short essays, and bad jokes about news, fast food, work, America, and Americana from journalist and author Adam Chandler.