Food News Friday, October 22

'Bring Your Own Restaurant' Hot in Holyoke, MA - NPR
When Restaurants Know More Than Just Your Name - NY Times
Frozen Yogurt Trend Far From Cold - Marketplace
Deaths Tied to Bacteria at TX Food Processing Plant - CNN
CO Company Offers Marijuana-Laced Sodas - Village Voice
Why Monsanto pays farmers to spray its rivals' herbicides - Grist
Dad's diet can affect daughter's health - Los Angeles Times
Companies graded on getting BPA out of cans - USA Today
DC restaurants to grow food at historic VA farm - WSET
McDonald's Goes For LEED Certification - Houston Chronicle

Food for Thought

Our Meals, Ourselves: A Short History of Food Writing - The Millions
The French Serve Up One Helluva School Lunch - Grist
Dorie Greenspan cooks French and homey - Philadelphia Inquirer
Trick or eek! Halloween candy nutrition labels - Washington Post
Cooking with Dexter: Not in My Backyard - New York Times
The Hidden Risks of Food Dyes - Huffington Post
Mad for winter squash - Culinate
More Stars For Japan's Culinary Crown - Wall Street Journal
Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook: LA in the Mix - LA Weekly
Michelle Bernstein: Misconceptions about chefs - Eatocracy

Best of the Blogs

It Rained - I'm Mad and I Eat
Wendi's Apple Salsa - Alice Q. Foodie
Busy Day Bucatini (Webisode) - The Naptime Chef
The Making of Macarons (Sucre Cuit Style) - Dessert First
White House Kitchen Garden Fall Harvest - Obama Foodorama
Braised Short Ribs with Vegetables and Herbs - Bell'Alimento
Paris Pastry Leçon - Paris Breakfasts
The Chanterelles - Taste With The Eyes

Wine and Spirits

Gene may protect against alcoholism - Chicago Tribune
Tuscany: getting in the Italian grove - New Zealand Herald
Coppola brings wine and swimming together - SF Chronicle
Acting up about wine - New Zealand Herald
Wine Travels Through Scotland - Wall Street Journal
Sparkling Wine for Sparkling Seas - Wine Spectator
States Pour Government Money Into Wine - Business Week
Domaine of the Bee, Roussillon - Winesleuth
Chile Gets White Wines Right in Cool Climes - Bigger Than Your Head

The Business of Food

Magic Doing Disappearing Act on DC Market? - Washington City Paper
'Fringe' union takes aim at fast food - Scripps News
Barney's Beanery rocks on at 90 - Los Angeles Times
McDonald's shares hit all-time high - Chicago Breaking Business
Costa Rican pineapples: the fruit of whose labor? - Guardian UK