Let’s go shopping:

1. Squirrel meat flies off supermarket’s shelves (GUARDIAN)
2. Giant Grocery Cart Gets Shoppers’ Attention (DIGTRIAD)
3. OXXO: Mexico’s Answer to the 24-Hour Mini Mart (ALL ABOUT PUEBLA)
4. Paul the Psychic Octopus in German Supermarket Ad Campaign (NOW PUBLIC)
5. Supermarket Chain Winn-Dixie Announces Store Closings, Layoffs (ALL HEADLINE NEWS)
6. Are Grocery Receipts a Health Hazard? (TIME)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Undercover caterers with a taste for intrigue (PHILLY.COM)
2. Craving for Chinese food gets man 14-month jail term (TIMES OF INDIA)
3. 86 guests ill after 300-a-head-bash (IOL)
4. Restaurant workers hog-tie accused robber (ATHENS DAILY REVIEW)
5. CEO’s arrest closes BenchWarmers restaurant chain (DENVER POST)
6. Food packets for children sold to animal owner in Naroda (TIMES OF INDIA)
7. Webb Criticizes City’s Arrest Of Restaurant Owner (CBS4)
8. Alemany Farm: Reducing San Francisco’s Crime By Growing Organic Food – VIDEO (HUFFINGTON POST)
9. Performance Food Group sues ex-employee (RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH)
10. ‘Ice crimes’ strike N.B. dairy farmers: Farmers say consumers hoodwinked by fake ice cream (TIMES & TRANSCRIPT)

À la carte…

1. The (Food) Situation on MTV’s Jersey Shore: Season 2 Premiere (FOOD & WINE)
2. What You Need to Read Now: Food Wars (NEWSWEEK)
3. Sarah Bassin, 99, dies; co-owner of District’s first sidewalk cafe (WASHINGTON POST)
4. The latest must-have chef’s toy (FINANCIAL TIMES)
5. Fat New World: Technology spawned the obesity plague. It can also provide a cure (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
6. $1M damage from car fire that spread to McDonald’s (SEATTLE TIMES)
7. Frustrated street food vendor puts cart on Craigslist (GLOBE & MAIL)
8. Bethenny’s Baby Will Eat Butternut Squash (OK! MAGAZINE)
9. Restaurant Serves Up World’s Hottest Curry: One Of Peppers Used Being Tested As Potential Terrorism Weapon (WJACTV)
10. Ramsay’s Maze Cape Town Closes, Adding to Chef’s Woes (BLOOMBERG)

Video clips featuring culinary subject matter: your favorite chefs, the latest restaurant openings, food product releases and more!

1. Colbert Report: Thought For Food – Cereal, Foot-Long Cheeseburger & Ecobot III (COLBERT NATION)
2. We cooked food in a hot car and ate it (TBO EXTRA)
3. Making Spinach & Ricotta Ravioli with a Brown Butter Sauce (FOX13NOW)
4. Rachael Ray Made Out of Cheetos (FOOD NETWORK HUMOR)
5. Kitchen Nightmares: Gordon Ramsay Thinks This Restaurant Looks Like a Lapdancing Hole (YOUTUBE)
6. Very Appetizing – Oysters: Kelly Choi introduces viewers to oyster farmer Michael Osinski (NYC FOOD FESTIVAL)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food?

If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. Frank Bruni’s Guide to Rome (GRID SKIPPER)
2. Artisan Cheeses of Sonoma: Why not round out your wine touring with a visit to a quality-minded creamery? (WINE )
3. Why Are the Restaurants So Bad in Aspen? (THE ATLANTIC)
4. Eataly, NYC Italian Food Hall, Opening Soon (NY TIMES)
5. Chicago: A Paradise for Foodies – VIDEO (THE STAR)
6. Foreign Grocery Friday: Drink a Refreshing ‘Boing!’ in Mexico (JAUNTED)