Sampler Platter: Taco tables, community gardens and chicken shortages

May 7, 2009 4:30 PM PT

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Is Dijon mustard elitist? We ponder this among other issues in today’s Sampler Platter.

LAist crawls the taco tables and trucks of Highland Park.
Henry’s Farmers Market, a swank health-food and grocery store, opened Wednesday in Woodland Hills. Daily News
Sean Hannity attacks President Obama for ordering Dijon mustard on his burger. Gawker
Supporters of the Crenshaw Community Garden hope a partnership between the school and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s office will let the garden bloom once again. LA Beez
Franchises not cooperating, long waits and chicken shortages; the day after the Oprah/KFC chickengate, Consumerist analyzes What Went Wrong. And El Pollo Loco now says (via YouTube and Twitter) that it’ll accept KFC-Oprah coupons on Mother’s Day.

-- Elina Shatkin