Sampler Platter: smaller Twinkies, kosher sports drinks and more
November 3, 2008 | 5:00
pm
Hostess releases Twinkies in 100-calorie snack packs. Now you can spend just as much money for more packaging, less food and the illusion of health. --CNN - From beef spleen to bull penis, Eddie Lin of Deep End Dining lists 11 "scary meats" and where to find them. --Los Angeles
- Union Bagel will replace the Toaster in the ground floor of downtown's Heron Building (512 W. 6th St.) starting Nov. 12. --Angelenic
- A Hasidic rabbi offers thirsty marathoners kosher sports drinks. --NYT
- Pumpkin decadence: pumpkin cinnamon rolls with cranberry/pumpkin butter, walnut filling and maple icing. --Wandering Chopsticks
- Crushing on Giada de Laurentiis at the Paley Center last Tuesday. --LAist
- Refuting the "bacon backlash." --Bacon Today
- The edible book, "a surreal duet of food and art." --Pleasure Palate
-- Elina Shatkin
Photo: Associated Press
