Sampler Platter: Pez, caviar, tortas and Tijuana cuisine

Can you catch mad cow from fish? Where can you eat in Tijuana if you're not a drunk weekender? Can mannequins commit indecency? These questions and more answered in today's roundup of food news.

• Pez Candy Inc. sues Pez museum for copyright infringement. Laughing Squid 
• Teenage Glutster revels in Tijuana cuisine: smoked marlin tacos, abalone chorizo sopes, apple-guava tart and more.
• The mascot for an Ohio BBQ restaurant can continue to wear her halter top. Dayton Daily News 
• Petrossian is revived: more than just caviar. Gourmet Pigs
• Whole Foods will submit its private label products to testing for genetically engineered organisms. New Mexico Business Weekly 
• Hudson House: $10-and-under gastropub in Redondo Beach. Caroline On Crack 
• Scientists worry about mad cow disease from farmed fish that are fed cow byproducts. Reuters
• LA.foodblogging visits Cook's Tortas in Monterey Park.
• Obama administration vows to toughen food safety standards. Wall Street Journal

--Elina Shatkin

Photo: Deviled eggs topped with caviar. Credit: Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Kenn @ Crossborder Group]

Thanks for mentioning the Tijuana Cuisine blog article! Too often, just bad news gets mentioned, so it's great that someone is talking about how you can still go to the main visitors areas of Tijuana and enjoy great food without problems...

The Tijuana Tourism Committee (COTUCO) is working with some of the people mentioned in the blog article to host a visit to some great restaurants in Tijuana later this month -- anyone interested in more information can visit either the COTUCO main website (www.TijuanaOnline.org), or a visitor-focused site (www.120ThingsToDoInTijuana.org) for more information or to contact COTUCO.

Thanks again for mentioning it!