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Dining News Elsewhere: Tacky Themes, Dying Oysters

  • – Tacky restaurant themes, from "Guns 'n' Buns" to Nazi memorabilia. [Word of Mouth]
  • – Potential restaurateurs are facing a scarcity of space and licenses.[FT]
  • – The French oyster crop is unexpectedly dying off. [Independent]
  • – Bummer for vegetarians: tofu appears to lower sperm counts. [Eater SF]
  • – On the other hand, soy milk may be better for the environment then cow milk. [Slate]
  • – The next health scare to hit the British cattle industry: TB. [Times]
  • – Midway through the season, the Telegraph picks the 50 best summer restaurants. [Telegraph]
  • – If you don't find what you want on that list, try one of the Evening Standard's picks for alfresco dining spots. [Evening Standard]
  • – Before food stuffs go "molecular," they are often used in industrial settings like these. [TONY]
  • – The whole salmonella fracas in the US is now down to one jalapeño pepper. How this mess came to be is another story. [WSJ]
  • – When was the last time you indulged in squab? [Wired]
  • – What is the deal with revolving restaurants? [Chow]
  • – A mouse in a restaurant is probably not the end of the world. [Between Meals]
  • – The Beer Hunter papers are going to Brookes Library. [Brookes, via Stonch's Beer Blog]
  • – The newest hip cocktail trend is pretty sweet: frosting shots. [San Diego Union-Tribune]
  • – McDonald's is an unlikely success in France. [Guardian]
  • – Related: Seven of the strangest fast-food industry lawsuits. [Cracked]
  • – Long term movie forecast shows the sky Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs for 2010. [Cinematical]
Published Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:37 PM by BuzzEditor

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