The Funniest Food-Related Articles of 2014

We love to laugh,
Loud and long and clear.
We love to laugh --
So ev'rybody can hear 

The more you laugh,
The more you fill with glee --
And the more the glee,
The more we're a merrier we!

For the sake of merrymaking and laughing, we've rounded up the food-related articles around the 'net that made us laugh the loudest this year. We know we missed a few -- so share your favorites in the comments! 

• Much to our delight, Mallory Ortberg over at The Toast rounded up all the comments on every recipe blog, most notably: “Due to dietary restrictions, I am only able to eat Yatzhee dice. I made the necessary substitutions, and it turned out great.”
• Over at Gawker, Caity Weaver reviewed the greatest restaurants in New York and also spent a week on the Paula Deen cruise ship. 
• Someone left a cake out in the break room with no instructions.
• A four-year-old reviewed The French Laundry.
• Gabrielle Noone assigned astrological signs to chain restaurants on The Hairpin.
• The USDA endorses the four bowls of your roommate's cereal you eat every day.
• A bunch of adorable kids ate at Daniel.
• A decree that the appropriate punishment for storing tomatoes in the refrigerator is death by guillotine. 
• The Entirety of My Thoughts As I Eat My Son's Mac and Cheese Dinner hit a little too close to home.
• McSweeney's gave us another installation of Reviews of New Food.

And, um, this wasn't a humor piece, but the author of this article would like to share a link to Jami Attenberg's "review" of La Esquina because it's smart and touching and everybody should read it.

Photo by Mark Weinberg