Sampler Platter: smaller Twinkies, kosher sports drinks and more

• 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