Sampler Platter: Sonoran hot dogs, Central American chicken, coffee taste test

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Sonoran hot dogs, Central American chicken, bad meat becoming good power, BBQ at Verdugo and more in today’s food news roundup:

• Tesco’s program to convert spoiled meat into power outrages vegans. Los Angeles Times
• Is is Lars Kuprik Backman the real Swedish Chef? ABC
• Coney Island Nathan’s could be saved by landmark status. N.Y. Daily News
• Robot chefs run restaurant in Japan. Fox News
• Wolfgang Puck sued for ‘overly slick’ floors. TMZ
• Sabores Sin Fronteras: The Sonoran hot dog crosses the U.S.-Mexico border. NPR
• Kokomo owners may turn Eat Well space on Sunset into K2. Eater LA
• BBQ and beer at Verdugo next two Sundays. Eating L.A.
• Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s both beat Starbucks in Slate’s coffee taste test.
• KCRW’s Rob ‘Martini Shot’ Long loves Central American chicken. LAist
• LA Foodie checks out J N J Burger & Bar-B-Q.
• A con man who claimed to be friends with Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay has been jailed for fraud. BBC

-- Elina Shatkin

Pollo Campero’s three-piece chicken meal. Credit: Pollo Campero