Sampler Platter: Rivera, Humboldt Creamery and Chocolate Salon

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Thursday’s most tantalizing food news...

• The definitive guide to whether or not to throw something out. From a former Canadian food inspector. Still Tasty
• Jonathan Gold visits Rivera to check out John Sedlar’s return to the kitchen and likes what he finds.
• Financial irregularities put Humboldt Creamery in peril. New York Times
• Food Gal Carolyn Jung details her gorge-a-thon at last weekend’s Chocolate Salon in S.F.
• Culver City’s grilled cheese mecca Meltdown shuts its doors. Eater LA
• Wedding cakes of the undead. Cake Wrecks
• LAist’s latest Recession Obsession: Mexican pastries at La Adelita Panaderia y Tortilleria in Hollywood and La Adelita Panaderia in downtown.
• Eater’s Ben Leventhal to guest blog for a week on Grub Street starting Friday. The Feedbag

-- Elina Shatkin