Bottoms Up!

1. Coors tops Consumer Reports’ beer test (MERCURY NEWS)
2. 2011: The Year in Irresponsible Drinking (EATER)
3. America’s Drunkest Cities of 2011, From Las Vegas to Boston – SLIDE SHOW (THE DAILY BEAST)
4. Beers in Baghdad: Remembering the World’s Most Dangerous Bar (WIRED)
5. Pairing wine with Asian food (CANADA)
6. White Castle giving sales of beer and wine a shot (COLUMBUS DISPATCH)

On the menu…

1. Is Cap’n Crunch Easing Quietly Into Retirement? (DAILY FINANCE)
2. One of First White Castle Buildings May Get Landmark Status (WBEZ)
3. In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges (NY TIMES)
4. As food prices soar, Japan braces for pain (WASHINGTON POST)
5. McDonald’s loses ‘world’s biggest’ title to Subway (CRAIN’S BUSINESS)
6. Starbucks at 40: Java juggernaut branches out (USA TODAY)

Prose, essays, reviews, interviews & poetry with a focus on food:

1. Chef, By Jaspreet Singh (INDEPENDENT)
2. Fire in the hole: Barbecue navigates the twin perils of mass appeal and nostalgia (THE ECONOMIST)
3. A neglectful father, a lifelong food obsession by Dayna Macy (SALON)
4. The Long Pull of Noodle Making by Julia Moskin (NY TIMES)
5. The Joy of Cookbook Shopping: Why Bookstore Tourism Matters by David Farley (GADLING)
6. Learning from White Castle: A Brooklyn vegetarian gives grease a chance by Dave Kim (UTNE READER)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources:

1. Coconut Milk and Pomegranate Marinated Turkey (MARCUS SAMUELSON)
2. White Castle Thanksgiving Day Stuffing (NY DAILY NEWS)
3. Individual Turkey Pot Pie (TORONTO SUN)
4. Deconstructed Caramel Apple Pie a la Mode (THE KITCHN)
5. Steak Burgundy for One (WASHINGTON POST)
6. Cheez-It Chicken Tenders With Wilted Spinach (YUM SUGAR)
7. Caramel butterscotch pudding (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
8. Pasta with Spicy Almond Pesto (FOOD & WINE)
9. Crêpes Parmentier (NY TIMES)
10. Jen’s Chocolate Nut Pie (THE ATLANTIC)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Arturo Carvajal, Miami Doctor, Sues Houston’s Restaurant For Not Teaching Him How To Properly Eat Artichoke (NEW TIMES MIAMI)
2. The Burger Bobbies: Hard-up police force patrols streets with McDonald’s marshals to beat crime (DAILY MAIL)
3. East Chicago cops can’t expense White Castle (CHICAGO BREAKING NEWS CENTER)
4. Oakland Denny’s Halloween brawl goes viral (ABC 7)
5. US teen pleads not guilty to ‘Barefoot Bandit’ charges (BBC NEWS)
6. Couple arrested over ‘smoke and run’ restaurant fraud: Ran off without paying a £572 bill at a Michelin-starred restaurant (TELEGRAPH)