Food News Friday, April 1

Servings of virtual food prove irresistible - Los Angeles Times
Ferran Adrià now caters for a mass market - Guardian UK
Debate Raging Over Animal Feeding Operations - Slashfood
Ostracized overweight kids eat more - USA Today
Artificial Dye Safe to Eat, Panel Says - New York Times
U.S. panel finds limits to food dye data on behavior - Reuters
Food packaging adds higher levels of harmful chemicals - Slashfood
Eating Fresh Food Drastically Reduces BPA Risk - Huffington Post
To lose weight, stop grazing, eat protein - UPI
Cracking health tip: Eat walnuts - IOL
New Study Says Organic Chicken Has Less Salmonella - Foodista

Food for Thought

Why pregnant women eat dirt - The Week
6 Steps to Avoiding BPA in Your Daily Life - Fast Company
Three remarkable women in food - USA Today
What is French for a vegan? - Guardian UK
Life After Gourmet is Good: A Chat With Ruth Reichl - Bay Area Bites
Should canned foods come with a warning label? - Los Angeles Times
Today’s Chefs All Basically Adore Paul Bocuse - Grub Street
Canlis, Finally - Seattle Weekly
Stating the Obvious: Hunger Is a Disease - New York Times
The truth about health drinks - Guardian UK
Memoir describes food memories and battle scenes - Reuters
Paris's Last Great Daily Market - Atlantic
Royal wedding: A guide to etiquette - BBC

Best of the Blogs

Italy in Chocolate: Turin's CioccolaTo Festival - Food Lover's Odyssey
Traditional Cookbooks vs. E-Readers, Apps - Food & Think
A visit to Avery Island and the McIlhenny Company - Matt Bites
Food Sovereignty: One Town Goes it Alone - Gigabiting
What “Top Chef” finale can teach restaurant managers - Smart Blog
How to Make Homemade Samoas Cookies - Baker's Royale
Warm Strawberry Bacon Orzo Salad - How Sweet It Is
Kitchen Bootcamp: World Cuisines - Eat. Live. Travel. Write.

Wine and Spirits

Japanese Wines: A Rare Taste, and a Good Cause - Wall Street Journal
Sweet on Tiki, Flower of Cocktails - New York Times
Festa del Barolo - Wall Street Journal
Three Red Wines for Company - Bigger Than Your Head
Uncorked: Deconstructing Napa - Chicago Tribune
Bordeaux 2010: The blending process (video) - Decanter
The Grape of Good Hope - Wall Street Journal
Wines that growl - Dr. Vino

The Business of Food

The rise of the hi-tech vending machine - Guardian UK
Cloning row blocks agreement on novel foods - Science Business
Kraft's CEO Pay Falls 40 Percent in 2010 - ABC News
Why things taste bitter for Pepsi - Independent
Food truck vendors sue SoCal city over parking ban - Mercury News