Sampler Platter: Sprinkles sued, Surfas shutters website, Kraut Fest celebrates cabbage, Mario Batali in hot water
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Sprinkles is involved in another trade infringement conflict; San Francisco’s got its own boom in fancy new food trucks; a celebration of cabbage; and fun food safety alerts in today’s food news roundup.
-- Sprinkles, which plans to enter the retail ice cream market, is sued by a Philly fro-yo chain in yet another trademark conflict. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Surfas, one of L.A.’s premier culinary supply stores, is shutting its website. After Sept. 11, Surfasonline.com will be Culinarydistrict.com. -- A police dog lost the trail of an armed robbery suspect because it smelled stolen meat hidden in another man’s pants. MyFox Boston -- Delicious Coma visits Kraut Fest 2009 at Machine Project. -- A list of nouveau food trucks in San Francisco. Zagat -- The more you drink, the more you exercise? Reuters -- Who needs gasoline if you have old beer? MicroFueler makes ethanol out of organic waste. Los Angeles Times -- Cadbury rejects Kraft Foods’ surprise $16.7-billion takeover offer. Chicago Tribune -- Gourmet Pigs visits Lousin’s Arakadz Cuisine, a mom-and-pop Armenian restaurant in Pasadena. -- FDA requires faster food-safety alerts. Wall Street Journal -- Mario Batali owes nearly $75,000 in rent on his recently shuttered Chelsea seafood restaurant, the John Dory. New York Daily News
UPDATE: An earlier version of this story said Sprinkles cupcakes had sued Sprinkles Yogurt. It is the other way around.
-- Elina Shatkin