Food News Wednesday, March 31

Tomato Gardeners, Plant On! Late Blight Is Gone - NPR
The Microwave Wants Some Respect - The Wall Street Journal
Ice included in seafood price - Los Angeles Times
Easter eggs shrink by 40 per cent from last year - The Daily Mail
Is cola bad for sperm? - Reuters
Charlie Vergos, Memphis Barbecue King, Dies - The New York Times
At U.S. dinner tables, the food may be a fraud - The Seattle Times
Army food: the battle of the bulge - The London Times
$10K reward offered in Calgary food tampering - CBC News
A TV Show and Congress Tackle School Lunches - The New York Times
Cooking Light introduces new rules - The Washington Post
The art of espresso gets pretty heated - The Boston Globe

Food for Thought

Chef’s Night Out with Tom Colicchio - Access Atlanta
When the menu is a minefield - The Washington Post
Forget wars, just send in the Big Macs and sugar - ADN
Going Rogue: America's Underground Chefs - The Atlantic
Ham roasting chart - The Oregonian
Searching for the best adult lunchboxes - Slate
It's still junk food - The National Post
Sweet Nothings: Putting Artificial Sweeteners to the Test - Vogue
Kosher Recipes for After the Passover Seder - Food & Wine
Ham: The gateway meat - Culinate
The Gastronomer: A miracle of molecules - The Washington Post

Best of the Blogs

Fame and fortune - Chubby Hubby
How I started this Singapore Food Blog - Lady Iron Chef
Black Pigs from the Bugey - Lucy's Kitchen Notebook
C is for Cooking - Gluten-Free Girl
I Love Green Eggs - FOODalogue
Dulce de leche, so easy to make - Taylor Takes a Taste
Terra Madre Brasil: The Art of Eating Politically - Civil Eats
In Praise of Tsoureki - Feeding the Saints

Wine and Spirits

Top chefs load their taps with bespoke beer - Tasting Table
Will voters swallow seven buck Chuck? - Dr. Vino
Riojas That Satisfy in Taste and Value - The New York Times
Demystifying the labels of some of Europe’s finest rieslings - Saveur
Turning bad bottle of wine into opportunity to upsell - Between Meals
Twitter founder explains his charity wine project - Wine Spectator
Christie’s Sold Counterfeit Wine, Koch Says - Business Week
In NY Battle over Wine in Groceries, Money Talks - Wine Spectator
Virginia's variable viogniers - The Washington Post

The Business of Food

McDonald's opens Hamburger Univ. Shanghai - AP
Elmwood Cafe: All About Giving Back - The Huffington Post
Restaurant chains roll out small bites at small prices - USA Today
Coffee Harvest in Vietnam May Decline on Dry Weather - Bloomberg
Save $$: Keep Your Food Fresher, Longer - CBS