Guilty Pleasures…

1. Nutella theft in German town valued at over $20K (CBC)
2. Big cheese: Italy cops arrest mozzarella king over mafia links (NBC NEWS)
3. China jails 6 for selling dirty cooking oil as new (BOSTON)
4. Man tries to steal restaurant’s computer, pretends to be manager (LA TIMES)
5. Alleged Tick Tock Diner Plot Is a Meta Murder Scheme (NY MAG)
6. Man Steals $75,000 Worth Of Campbell’s Soup (TIME)
7. Woman Robs Bank With a Jar of Spaghetti Sauce (TIME)
8. Candy Bandits Accused of Stealing Thousands of Candy Bars From Kroger (WREG)
9. Erwin Lingitz, Retired Minnesota Man, Claims Supervalu Had Him Arrested For Stealing Free Samples (HUFFINGTON POST)
10. Chef Stabs Man After Complaint About Service (SMART COMPANY)
11. Burglary suspect plucked from roof of KFC in The Heights
12. Bags of Pot Found in Joe’s Crab Shack Dumpster (SF EXAMINER)

res·tau·rant [res-ter-uhnt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt] – noun an establishment where meals are served to customers…

1. A Complete Look at Spago Beverly Hills, Reopened and Refreshed (GRUB STREET)
2. Campanile closing? The LA dining scene loses a standard-setter (LA TIMES)
3. French Laundry hosts Bocuse d’Or training (SF GATE)
4. The Best Restaurant In Italy — Or Best Restaurant In The World? (FORBES)
5. Can you get thrown out of an all-you-can-eat buffet? (GUARDIAN)
6. New York’s New Tavern will still cost a lot of ‘Green’ (NY POST)

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)

All cheese, all the time…

1. Carlos Yescas on the Myths About Mexican Cheese (THE MIJA CHRONICLES)
2. German blue cheese takes top prize (NY DAILY NEWS)
3. “Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilization” by Paul S. Kindstedt – AUDIO (KDHX)
4. Rogue cheese rolling race held in Gloucestershire (TELEGRAPH)
5. Cheese Makers Face Ruin After Italian Quake (RADIO NZ)
6. ‘Angels of Parmesan’ called into earthquake-ravaged region of Italy to rescue cheese (NY DAILY NEWS)

All cheese, all the time…

1. How to make ricotta cheese (MOTHER NATURE NETWORK)
2. Good Cheeses Come in Small Packages (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
3. Cheese Is the Most Stolen Food on Earth (TIME)
4. Good Cheeses Come in Small Packages: Smooth or wrinkly, citrusy or lush, there’s a lot of deliciousness in pint-size fromage (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
5. Recipe: Parisian Ham-and-Cheese Sandwich (Croque Monsieur) (MIAMI HERALD)
6. Sikhs rescue Italy’s Parmesan cheese (AFP)