Love, one orange square at a time

They’re in your fridge right now, just begging to be added to a burger or turned into a grilled cheese. They look the same as they did when you were a kid, although ideally you’ve been through a few (hundred) packages in the interim. I’m talking about Kraft Singles.

And I’m not the only one who understands their joys. Just ask Leo Rodriguez of Gourmet Magazine, who wrote an Ode to American Cheese that is as sweet as any middle-school love letter. No, seriously, he loves the packaged slices: 

When the grilled cheese pulls apart supernaturally in a Kraft Singles commercial, and the hot, melty interior stretches between the two sides of buttery, golden-brown bread — that, friends, is food porn at its most convincing.

It gets less awkward from there. Rodriguez feels compelled to defend his habit of topping burgers with American cheese to foodie friends, and qualifies his support of Kraft Singles by noting that he’s a bachelor who prefers food with longer expiration dates.