Top 10 Posts of 2011

Starting a blog is such an early-2000s thing to do, but this was nevertheless the first year for Get the State Off My Plate--a new, independent voice covering the bustling intersection of food and politics (and sometimes culture).

This year, we've covered food deserts, fast-food research, fat-tax schemes, food-insecure puppets, the Obama's food consumption and presumption, government-sanctioned microwaves, Olive Garden outrages, food punditry, pie charts, and the acceptability of applying mayonnaise on hot dogs. And then there's the different food wars: the War on Happy Meals, the War on Salt, the War on Soda, the War on Raw Milk, the War on Chocolate Milk, the War on Fries, the War on Fat People, and the War on Hot Dogs.

Without further ado, here are the top 10 posts in terms of pageviews:

1. Swanson Meals (July 14)
2. Fight For Your Chocolate Milk Rights (Nov. 27)
3. Obama's Cooked (Oct. 10)
4. Well Played, Ronald (Dec. 1)
5. "Imminent Danger" (Nov. 29)
6. 45 Czars—This Is What Democracy Looks Like? (Oct. 10)
7. My Plea to the Makers of Zoi Yogurt (July 5)
8. Fat Tax: A Rotten Idea from Denmark (Oct. 5)
9. New Fast-Food Studies Reveal No-Brainers (Oct. 30)
10. Bravery In A Bowl (Nov. 28)

Next year should be very interesting with the presidential election and all that it brings ... stay tuned.

P.S. In the spirit of year-end list-making, here are a few other lists we recommend:

Fast Food Maven's Fast Food Winners and Fast Food Flops of 2011
The Obama Administration’s Top 10 Foolish Quotes of 2011
10 Best Internet Tributes to Ron Swanson
The Embarrassing Songs That Got Stuck In Our Head in 2011