Food is a powerful thing. It nourishes us, brings us together as family and friends, and sometimes even inspires us. Food is often treated as art, and chefs are treated like artists. Food also has the power to make us happy, whether it’s a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich while hungover, or a big spoonful of ice cream when you’ve had an especially oppressive day. Lately, however, we’ve been marveling at the way food can also make us angry. In fact, it can make us straight-up furious. 

It’s true that the ability of food to inspire rage is nothing new. I remember being furious that truffles and truffle oil were all over every damn menu from 2008-2015. Don’t even get me started on the days of America’s absolute obsession with bacon. The thing is, thanks to social media, we’re seeing more food atrocities than ever. While some of the culinary atrocities on TikTok are actually rage bait, there are actually people out there promoting crimes against food – and even selling them. We’re talking banana peanut butter pizza and ice cream on a fried chicken sandwich. We’re talking overblown bloody marys with whole rotisserie chickens as a twisted, super-sized garnish. The thing is, we’re kind of masochists when it comes to food cringe. That’s why we’ve rounded up the worst offenders of the week to share with you. Good luck keeping your meals down.