Oh No! Napkins Are Shrinking; Starbucks Hot Tea Claim Suspicious
Apparently, napkins are shrinking. The average size has gone from 30 inches square some 25 years ago to 20.
[Wall Street Journal]
Alice Waters's daughter, Fanny Singer, admits that she sometimes buys imported, non-organic fruit out of season, surely to her mother's disapproval. [Wall Street Journal]
A new breed of Asian fast-food joint is making food that's fresh and rather slow, including Glaze Teriyaki Grill, Sensebowl, and Food Gallery 32.
[NY Post]
ConAgra has taken on the cause of child hunger, financing a 30-minute program hosted by Al Roker to raise awareness of the crisis.
[NY Times]
Compose, which until now has served its $120 10-course tasting menu for a single 7 o'clock seating a night, will add a second seating, at 10.
[Diner's Journal]
Japanese authorities have heightened monitoring for radiation contamination in food. So far, the highest levels were found in a sample of spinach.
[Reuters]
Starbucks says that a woman who filed a complaint that she was splashed with boiling water when a barista slid a cup of hot tea across the counter is lying.
[NY Post]
Instant cups of noodles are being sent by the truckload to the survivors of the Japanese earthquake.
[NY Times]
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