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Wing woes: High prices shift sales

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Posted: October 13, 2009 - 11:15 am

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Photo by Bill Roth / Anchorage Daily NewsYou should already know that we take hot wings seriously at Play Magazine. Anything involving pizza or French fries is also a big deal, but wings are especially sacred.

That’s why this piece yesterday in the New York Times was troubling. Wing wholesale prices have risen steeply and in turn, restaurants are reining in their wing specials. The shift has also given rise to the "boneless wing" – a seasoned slice of chicken breast that many foodies turn their noses at.

"A wing is a wing, and a wing has a bone," said Anita Freedlander, the owner of Rusty’s Family Restaurant and Sports Grille in Tucson, which specializes in wings and does not sell the boneless variety.

Read the entire piece here.

-- Spencer Shroyer

PS - If you were wondering - the wings in the photo are from the now defunct Fire and Slice.

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