On tonight’s menu…

1. Carl’s Jr. Pop Tart Ice Cream Sandwich: Did you just do a double-take? (LA TIMES)
2. Chick-fil-A Offers Behind-The-Counter Tours in Transparency Push (AD AGE)
3. In True Boston Form, Dunkin’ Donuts Stays Open During Lockdown (FOOD BEAST)
4. Why does America regulate the trade in raisins? (ECONOMIST)
5. Superbugs Invade America’s Supermarket Meat (EWG)
6. Man Detained By TSA Agents For Trying To Bring Sandwich Called “The Bomb” On Plane (OPPOSING VIEWS)

On tonight’s menu…

1. Can This Taco Save America? (THE DAILY BEAST)
2. Lindt loses German case over Easter bunny trademark (REUTERS)
3. U.N. Agency Suspends Food Aid in Gaza After Protesters Break Into Its Compound (NY TIMES)
4. Food Workers Fired as Mass. Students Denied Lunch (ABC NEWS)
5. Food’s “Lifetime Achievement Oscar” – James Beard Foundation Honors 5 Classic Restaurants (FORBES)
6. McDonald’s strike: Fast-food workers want to double wages (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)

Let’s go shopping…

1. Sainsbury Wins Supermarket Share Battle Amid Horse Scandal (BLOOMBERG)
2. The vibrating glove that could steer you around the supermarket (and could even help you find your car) (DAILY MAIL)
3. The 12 Worst Supermarkets in America (THE FISCAL TIMES)
4. Grocery store product placement and obesity (WASHINGTON POST)
5. Use of supermarket coupons soars (MSN)
6. Supermarket bars transform shopping from chore to cheery (CNN)

Learn more about the food you eat with these tasty links…

1. Ice Cream, Sherbet, and Sorbet: Do YOU Know the Difference? (BON APPETIT)
2. Secretary of State Transforms the Diplomatic Menu (NY TIMES)
3. Coke isn’t it: It’s the choice of the Olympics, but there are more soft drinks in the world than Coca-Cola (GUARDIAN)
4. Why Soup Kitchens Serve So Much Venison (THE ATLANTIC)
5. How George Carlin Changed Recipe Writing (FOOD 52)
6. America’s Food Factories: Why making a Chipotle burrito or a McDonald’s Big Mac should be considered manufacturing (SLATE)
7. Yum Or Yuck? A Chinese Reflection On Global Cuisine, Culture And Crabs (WORLD CRUNCH)
8. Love To Hate Cilantro? It’s In Your Genes And Maybe, In Your Head (NPR)
9. Considerations on the sin of gluttony (CLATL)
10. The History of Pie & Mash (PIE AND MASH)

Bottoms Up!

1. Sipping on a Sunset, Italy in Mind (NY TIMES)
2. Canning Factories On Wheels Rev Up The Beer ‘Canvolution’ (NPR)
3. 10 Things You Really Need To Know About Rum (FOOD REPUBLIC)
4. Japanese Whiskeys, Translated From the Scottish (NY TIMES)
5. Disney’s Magic Kingdom will serve beer, wine in new Fantasyland restaurant (ORLANDO SENTINEL)
6. How Booze Built America: The Drinker’s Dictionary – VIDEO (DISCOVERY)