Combo plate: A doughnut summit, Hungry Girl gets a TV show, Snooki discovers fried pickles, and more
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--Sweet! L.A. Metblog contributors organize the city’s first ‘Donut Summit.’ Participants sample 200 doughnuts from more than 40 different shops. [Los Angeles Times]
--‘Hungry Girl,’ a.k.a. Lisa Lillien, is taking her show on the road: She’s joining the Cooking Channel later this year with a series that will feature her in the kitchen whipping up her calorie-saving recipes as well as helping ‘humans’ navigate the supermarket aisles. Her newest book, ‘Hungry Girl Happy Hour,’ debuts June 22.
--Who you callin’ tacky? Making boxed wine look chic. [Time]
--Eat this Word: Vacherin. [Delights and Prejudices]
--Snooki discovers the joy of fried pickles, as seen near the end of this MTV sneak peek of ‘Jersey Shore’s’ second season. Snooki explains: ‘It was a sliced pickle, but then it was fried.’ [Via Grub Street]
--Jimmy Dean, sausage entrepreneur, dies at 81. [Los Angeles Times]
--Larchmont says ‘No’ to food trucks, plus: hooray!, the return of Evan Kleiman’s pie-a-day project, both from Squid Ink.
--Your pizza party, improved. [Yum Sugar]
--If you’re hankering for sugar, you might want to go for the real stuff. Sure, you might save some calories with sugar-free cookies and candies, but what you get in return might not be worth it. [Los Angeles Times]
-- Rene Lynch
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