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• Dining News Elsewhere: Obesity and Cancer, Bacon-Wrapped Matzoh Balls

  – A baguette dropped by a bird stopped the Large Hadron Collider. [ Times ] – Linking obesity and cancer. [ MSNBC ] – Scripps (which owns the Food Network) sets its sights on the Travel Channel. [ EMD ] – Jamie Oliver, upholder Read More... Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 11:58 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: An Illy Invasion, Iron Chef in the White House

  – Illy is making inroads into U.S. coffee shops. [ WSJ ] – Gordon Ramsay is planning to bring the popular MasterChef to the U.S. [ THR ] – Sam Kass: assistant White House chef, policy wonk. [ NYT ] – Related: Iron Chef America Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:11 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: PBR For Sale, Wading Into the Tip Pool

  – Talking with the troubled Ciprianis. [ Vanity Fair ] – The brewery behind PBR and Schlitz is for sale. [ NYP ] – Restaurants seek to better manage tip pools. [ NRN ] – Western foods are gaining in China. [ ABC ] – Where Read More... Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 11:43 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Menu Labeling Goes National, No More Kitchen Nightmares

  – Menu labeling hops onto health-care reform. [ NRN ] – 2009 had the worst honey crop on record. [ Daily Green , via GS:C ] – Not with a bang, but a whimper. Ramsay kills Kitchen Nightmares . [ The Sun ] – The return of the milkman. Read More... Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 11:53 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Meatless Mondays, McDonald's Drops Iceland

  – Baltimore's "Meatless Mondays" has drawn ire from, wait for it, meat producers. [ Atlantic ] – McDonald's bails on Iceland. [ NYT ] – No, really, now is a good time to open a restaurant. [ Entrepeneur ] – Is Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:30 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Smart Choices Out, Top Chef Does Dessert

  – The troubled Smart Choices program takes a hiatus. [ WSJ ] – Top Chef to get its Just Desserts . Ba-dum-ching! [ Variety ] – Behind the U.S., France is the second most popular home of McDonald's. [ NYT ] – Home butchering Read More... Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 11:38 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Bad Trends, Fast Food Flourishes

  – McDonald's and Chipotle have done good business in the recession. [ WSJ , NRN ] – Related: McDonald's tests a dual-lane drive through. [ The Sun ] – Meanwhile, the number of hungry people in the world is on the rise. [ NYT Read More... Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 11:55 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Fast Morimoto, Hot Matches

  – Morimoto is going fast-casual at airports. [ NRN ] – Restaurant matches are so hot right now. [ NYT ] – LA, deli capital? [ LAT ] – The Food Network Magazine should pat itself on the back. [ AdAge ] – You want banking with Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:01 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Restaurant Weeking, Sour Carbonation

  – Restaurateurs are coming up with creative ways to keep lucrative Restaurant Weeks alive. [ NRN ] – Antique spirits for sale. [ NPR ] – What does carbonation really taste like? Sour. [ Wired ] – Is the iPhone the future of the Read More... Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 11:28 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Mini Cokes, Twitter Wines

  – Kraft is considering selling Maxwell House to raise cash for its Cadbury bid. [ NYP ] – The Connecticut attorney general looks into the much ridiculed "Smart Choices" program. [ NYT ] – Coca-Cola goes mini. [ BJ ] – Read More... Posted Friday, October 16, 2009 12:12 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Eating While Driving, Winging It

  – Chicken wing prices are flying higher than breasts. [ NYT ] – Forget about texting: is eating and driving a problem? [ Globe ] – Cracker Jack: still popular. [ NYT ] – Starbucks to add decaf instant to its lineup. [ SFBT ] – Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:29 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Cooking Channel, Tavern Title Troubles

  – So long Fine Living Network, hello Cooking Channel. [ MediaWeek ] – Who should own the name of Tavern on the Green? Good question. [ NYT ] – The indomitable Alton Brown. [ Decider ] – Jamie Oliver's Asian invasion seeks investors. Read More... Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 12:02 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Food Fest Fever, Defending Calorie Counts

  – People love food fests these days. [ WSJ ] – Calorie counts may be working after all. [ Atlantic ] – Charlotte Turgeon, another grand dame of French cooking, is dead at 97. [ NYT ] – Where have all the high-end sushi openings Read More... Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 11:43 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Mourning Gourmet, Internet Critics

  – Mourning Gourmet . [ NYT ] – Related: looking back at Gourmet 's covers and its first issue. [ Eater , SE ] – Posting calorie information doesn't appear to make much of a difference in people's orders. [ NYT ] – On Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:00 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere

• Dining News Elsewhere: Gourmet Gone, For the Louvre of McDonald's

  – A strong case for better meat inspection protocol. [ NYT ] – Gourmet appears to be folding. [ Media Decoder ] – Sacré bleu! McDonald's is opening a restaurant in The Louvre next month. [ Telegraph ] – Food-service Read More... Posted Monday, October 05, 2009 12:13 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Dining News Elsewhere