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A few food related items from today's lunchtime news reading:

• New York vs. Los Angeles. First it was Five Guys, coming to Southern California to invade the territory of In-N-Out. Now Pinks needs to worry as New York's Papaya King Hot Dog Stand is invading Los Angeles. They have even brought in insulting advertising: “We’re 100 percent natural. But ( Read more... )

Some selected chunks of chum, for you to chew on over dinner:

• From the “Just Put It On The Tray” Department: The Los Angeles Times has an interesting piece on Clifton’s Cafeteria. Clifton’s was one of the earliest cafeterias in Los Angeles (I have vague memories of going to it as a child). There was a small chain of them, each one with its own ( Read more... )

Some lunchtime observations from perusing the news... Today’s papers bring a wide variety of interesting articles related to food. They seem to fall into two categories: new and unusual food, and food safety.

In the new and unusual food category, we have the following:

• Today’s Washington Post has a review of the increasing variety of Gluten-Free ( Read more... )