Serious Eats
In the News: Ethanol, Food Prices, Mountaintop Wieners
Don't blame us, say U.S. ethanol makers, in response to the high price of food. [Washington Post]
Meanwhile, European food prices surge, too. [Reuters]
A new foot-and-mouth scare in England. [The Telegraph]
French couple raises the country's only certified-organic snails. Vive le free-range escargot! [The Telegraph]
In Japan, fast-food chains jump on the trans-fat–banning bandwagon. [Asahi Shimbun]
And China and the U.S. reach a food-safety agreement while Chinese officials plan to use GPS to track and safeguard Olympic food shipments. [Voice of America; AP]
Back to the U.S., and there are more recalls on canned food. This time it's green beans. [Detroit Free Press]
File under "obvious": For pre-schoolers, flashy packaging more important than flavor. [Fox News]
Your RDA of Levity: A mountaintop hot dog cart celebrates its 25th year in business at the junction of California highways 9 and 35: "[John] Hagen [pictured] works seven days a week and said his constancy has earned him the endearing nickname of 'mustard' from family, friends and customers."