Wolfgang Puck, the 21st-century Chef Boy-arTee, has agreed to begin selling the recently reintroduced, banana-flavored twinkies in his airport kiosks. Said the Boy, "Airport travelers are a frazzled bunch. They long for a taste of home, a little comfort, even a banana-flavored twinkie, when on the road."
Puck venues, which have become as ubiquitous as roastiserrie chicken and garlic-mashed-potatoes on the food landscape, is rumored to be toying with additional expansion. Tentatively named Frytalia, the new concept is being test-marketing in select midwest cities during the summer travel season. Often dubbed "Try It-Fry It" for those who've seen it, the concept is as sparse as nouvelle cuisine but infinitely more tasteful to soggy American taste buds. For an extra $2 per item, unsatiable and unsaturated passengers can take any item purchased from a Gourmet Express, such as peanut-butter on a ciabiatta roll, Genovese bologna sandwiches, or twinkies-on-a-stick, to nearby station whereby they can be flash-fried in 100% peanut oil. "The whole process takes less time than a text message," said the plucky Puck, "and is more tasteful than many of those pesky emails from the boss."