Sampler Platter: Chocolate cars, delicious animals, burgers and bistros

July 13, 2009 4:11 PM PT

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Delicious chocolate cars, delicious animals to eat and delicious burgers worth dying for in today’s food news roundup.

Heart Attack Grill: A hospital-themed diner in Arizona ‘famous for embracing and promoting an unhealthy diet of extremely large hamburgers.’ The Telegraph
U.S. worker dies in chocolate vat at New Jersey cocoa plant. Courier Post
Local food blogger Matthew Kang launches his Pantheon of Animals, the beginning of a complete and exhaustive guide ranking the animals that delight us at the table. Food GPS
Potatomato delves into Polish food at Eagle Rock’s Polka, which reopens on Wednesday after a two-week vacation .
Artist sculpts NASCAR racer in chocolate. Chicago Tribune
Food rich, nutrition poor in California’s Central Valley. NPR
Blackburn + Sweetzer sneaks a peek at Bistro LQ in former Mimosa space.
Melting Pot food tours expand to Pasadena. Eating LA

-- Elina Shatkin