Sampler Platter: higher dairy prices, heavier Padma Lakshmi, barbecue boom in Ventura
June 23, 2009 | 7:31
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Burger-mobiles, gorging on seafood and Prohibition-era restrictions on beer lead today's roundup of food news.
- You still can’t buy a six-pack of beer at most Pennsylvania stores. The Daily Review
- Padma Lakshmi: I gain 12 to 15 lbs. every season filming "Top Chef." Chicago Examiner
- Get ready for higher prices on milk, cheese and butter. Arkansas Democrat Gazette
- Greener diet reduces dairy cows' methane burps. Natural Products Marketplace
- There's a barbecue restaurant boom in Ventura County. Ventura County Star
- L.A. & O.C. Foodie, Mattatouille, Choisauce, Gourmet Pigs, ConBon and Rickmond of Rameniac dig into Hungry Cat's Crabfest V this past weekend.
- Fans upset at Houston Astros, the only MLB team to forbid bringing food or drink into the park. Houston Business Journal
- Would you like a sham marriage with your pad thai? Seattle Business Journal
-- Elina Shatkin
Photo: Padma Lakshmi eats a burger in a Carl's Jr. ad. Credit: Doria Anselmo / Business Wire
