Tired? or expired? or in some way food-related?

Wired magazine is truly weak, and getting weaker. First, I hated the design changes. Now, there is practically no ad content, and very little in the way of editorial content that's interesting. The paper has been getting glossier and glossier, and recently the page-width was cut. The best content in the current issue is a grief graphic history of games, including board games, card games, pinball, and electronic stuff, in a two-page spread. The on-line content is better, but still. The two most entertaining in-print bits most recently read were an account of a job at the B&M baked-bean plant in Portland (Sunday NYT food section) and the Sterns' brief account of the origins of their Road Food writings (Gourmet mag). The Texas Observer (March 24) has an excellent piece on the Texas Narcotics Control Program (federal Byrne funds) and its decline, not neglecting to mention HIDTAs, although perhaps glossing over the role of asset-forfeiture activities, but taking care to properly credit the role of Scott Henson (Grits for Breakfast).