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Sampler Platter: Reviving British food, hipsters make PBR more popular, Stefan Richter says something arrogant

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Stefan Richter surprises no one with his arrogance, agribusiness throws its weight around and more food news in today’s roundup.

-- Sorry, hipsters. Your ironic consumption of Pabst Blue Ribbon made it more popular -- and more expensive -- than other lowbrow beers. NBC Los Angeles -- ‘I think America knows that I won Top Chef,’ says Stefan Richter. LAist -- Sweets and schadenfreude: Cake Wrecks makes it into the New York Times. -- California agribusiness pressures Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to nix Michael Pollan lecture. Los Angeles Times -- Don’t wear your sweatpants to Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant. Washington Post -- A recipe for bite-sized bacon caramels. The Kitchn -- Bears love eating from minivans. Los Angeles Times -- Hoping to incite “serious contemplation of a robust culinary tradition,” British Food in America, a new online mag “dedicated to the discussion and revival of British foodways,” launches. News items will appear “forthnightly.’ Cheerio, old chap.

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-- Elina Shatkin

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