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Combo Plate: The many uses of sunflower oil, vintage bubbly, pesky fruit flies and more

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-- This is a video about a ceviche and a tire -- yes, like the tire on your car -- made of sunflower oil. Seriously. Chef Jeremy Bearman, head chef at Michelin-starred Rouge Tomate, does the honors. (Are you seeing the connection?) Dish looks yummy.

-- Talk about vintage bubbly: Divers have discovered what is thought to be the world’s oldest drinkable Champagne in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, one of the finders said Saturday. They tasted the one bottle they’d brought up so far before they even got back to shore. Read on.

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-- Has anyone tried the Terro fruit-fly traps? I hate fruit flies! Do these things work?

-- Tips for growing food in small urban places. [Greenwala]

-- Special-needs students at Tobinworld go to the Baskin-Robbins shop for job experience, social skills and sweet rewards.

-- Looking to save money when college starts up? Consider a brown-bag lunch. Or becoming a ‘hasher.’

Got any links or story tips for Daily Dish? E-mail me at rene.lynch@latimes.com

-- Rene Lynch
Twitter / renelynch

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