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Ella Quittner

REVEALED: Snacks have lost their damn minds | Rare Historical Photos

Ella Quittner / Food52

It was the spring, of 2021 and Avi Bonnerjee, a 35-year-old Brooklyn resident, was shopping for groceries. While perusing the pasta shelves, something caught his eye: Flamin' Hot Cheetos Mac 'N Cheese.

"The package had a very cool cheetah on it, which seemed like a weird way to sell macaroni and cheese, or any food. And it was bright red, with Guy Fieri–style imagery of flames," he recalls. "I felt compelled to buy it."

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