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  1. news you can booze
    England’s Acclaimed Recycled-Bread Beer Is Coming to New York CityToast hopes to start production by July 4.
  2. video feed
    How a Fried-Chicken Mogul Spent His Fortune Restoring 5,500 Acres of Texas Land“My objective was to take the worst piece of land I could possibly find in the Hill Country of Texas and begin a process of restoration…”
  3. it’ll rough you up
    Coca-Cola Insists It Made Coke ‘Healthy’ by Putting Fiber in ItIt boasts “five grams of indigestible dextrin.”
  4. the chain gang
    Americans Continue to Devour McDonald’s All-day BreakfastThe company’s earnings are up again, thanks to McMuffin sales.
  5. super chefs
    Unstoppable Chef Sets Guinness Record by Cooking Nonstop for 53 HoursHe finished and said, “I still have energy to go on for 10 more hours.”
  6. lawsuits
    Brooklyn Graffiti Artists Claim McDonald’s Stole Their Work to Sell BurgersThey’re threatening to sue the chain for putting their art in a new ad.
  7. DIY Unicorn Frappuccinos Are the New DIY SlimeThere can never be enough Instagram posts of either.
  8. Frozen-Food Company Recalls Hash Browns for ‘Extraneous Golf Ball Materials’The balls were “inadvertently harvested” with the potatoes.
  9. trade wars
    Trump Warns Canada That He’s Coming for Its ‘Very Unfair’ Milk PolicyHe vows a new import tax “is not going to be happening for long.”
  10. studies
    Grim New Study Links Diet Sodas to Heart and Brain DiseasesIt found that the risk of both is three times higher for daily diet-soda drinkers.
  11. video feed
    Ronald McDonald Reaches His All-time Creepiest in This Inevitable It ParodyTwo YouTubers finally cast McDonald’s mascot as Pennywise.
  12. the chain gang
    Baristas Are Having Meltdowns Over Starbucks’s Unicorn FrappuccinoAs one sums up, “I wanna die.”
  13. crowdfunding
    There’s a GoFundMe to Send This Popular Halal-Cart Worker on VacationHe told the New York Times his family dreams of taking a Caribbean cruise.
  14. protests
    New York Bakers Plan a ‘Day Without Bread’ to Protest Immigration CrackdownA campaign urges the city’s bakeries, restaurants, and cafés not to sell any bread tomorrow.
  15. the chain gang
    People Want the FBI to Give McDonald’s Workers the Facebook Killer’s RewardThe crew that helped stop Steve Stephens did earn the $50,000.
  16. come out in the wash
    This Bag Lets You Sous-Vide Food in the Washing MachineFinally, a use for that high-heat “cotton” cycle.
  17. buyers beware
    Juicero’s $400 Wi-Fi Juicer Works No Better Than Your HandsA new report makes the “Keurig of juice” sound like a pretty bad investment.
  18. Ben & Jerry’s Combined Ice Cream With Tacos for 4/20An upgrade from last year’s stoner ice-cream burrito.
  19. the chain gang
    Why Wikipedia’s Editors Are Demanding an Apology From Burger KingEditors say the chain violated rules by inserting ad copy for its Google Home stunt.
  20. empire building
    Get Ready for Stand-alone Ikea RestaurantsFood is Ikea’s “unexpected revenue generator,” and the company believes separate cafés are the next phase.
  21. amazing
    Bar Builds Maze to Thwart Law Saying It Must Be 500 Meters From HighwayNothing spurs creativity like a threat to alcohol.
  22. news you can booze
    World Beer Cup Will Stop Recognizing Entries That Use ‘Sexist and Lewd’ NamesThe Brewers Association says it’s time for offensive labels to go.
  23. bans
    The World’s Best City for Street Food Just Banned All Its VendorsBangkok says food stalls must go away by year’s end, in the interests of “order and hygiene.”
  24. news you can booze
    Canadian Brewery Trolls Trump With a Big Beer CanIt’s called the “Fake News Ale.”
  25. the chain gang
    Dunkin’ Donuts and Oreo Are Having a BabyIts name is Mocha, and it reportedly comes out this summer.
  26. grocery wars
    Whole Foods Says It’s Actually Lowering PricesIt’s centralizing purchasing to bring costs down, but that could limit selection.
  27. you brexit you buy it
    England Could Introduce ‘Barista Visas’ to Keep Cafés Fully Staffed After BrexitThe government’s Home Office reportedly calls it “a good idea.”
  28. preservatives
    Here’s How Eataly Plans to Save One of the World’s Most Famous PaintingsThe grocery chain is paying to install an “advanced air filtration system.”
  29. gimmicks
    Someone Has Invented Clear Coffee That Won’t Stain TeethBut is it actually any good?
  30. humanitarians
    A Kindhearted Texan Spent an Entire Night Buying Ice Cream for StrangersHe came in for a bottle of water, and left with a receipt seven feet long.
  31. the chain gang
    What’s the Deal With Starbucks’s New ‘Unicorn Frappuccinos’?Baristas are posting the drink’s evidence (pink and blue glitter, mostly) on Reddit.
  32. Donald Trump Jr. Insults LGBTQ Students Who Don’t Like Chick-fil-AHe mocked kids at Duquesne who say they’re “triggered” by a new campus location.
  33. the chain gang
    Boy Steals Dad’s Van and Drives Himself to McDonald’s After DinnerThe 8-year-old told police that he “just really wanted a cheeseburger.”
  34. the chain gang
    Papa John’s New ‘Organic’ Ingredients Are at Least Morally SuperiorHooray?
  35. evil ideas
    Burger King’s Google-Hack Ad Was a Whopper of a FailureIt lasted mere hours before the tech giant shut things down.
  36. peeps show
    Somebody Made Beauty and the Beast’s Belle Out of 1,500 PeepsLet this Maryland county Peeps competition fill the hole left by the Washington Post’s canceled contest.
  37. Hero Customers Pay Off Their Server’s Student LoansThey tipped her $400 on a $200 tab, then came back and gave her $10,000.
  38. the chain gang
    Irish Burger Chain Says McDonald’s Is Hoarding Trademarks That Start With ‘Mc’Supermac’s contends that soon “any McGrath, McCarthy, or McDermott with a business idea” could get a cease-and-desist.
  39. sugar rush
    Mountain Dew Spill Creates ‘Huge Foaming Event’ at Pepsi PlantIt triggered the state’s Pollution Emergency Alert System.
  40. the chain gang
    Chipotle Made a Bunch of Ads With Comedians So You’ll Forget About E. ColiJohn Mulaney, Jillian Bell, and Sam Richardson get “real” inside a Chipotle burrito.
  41. grocery wars
    Investors Want Whole Foods to Sell the Company to Amazon or KrogerWhole Foods’ nose-diving stock has lost almost half its value since 2013.
  42. lawsuits
    The Trump Organization Settled Its Lawsuit With Geoffrey Zakarian, TooNo details were given, outside of both sides saying they’re glad to “amicably resolve our differences.”
  43. the chain gang
    You Can Now Apply to Work at McDonald’s Via SnapchatIn Australia, social media is the new résumé, it seems.
  44. recalls
    Walmart Recalls Salad Mixes After Dead Bat Discovered InsideThe CDC can’t rule out rabies because of the animal’s “deteriorated condition.”
  45. terrible customers
    World’s Dumbest Dine-and-Dasher Runs Into Ocean to Avoid Paying Restaurant BillThe police had to arrest him on Jet Skis.
  46. Could a Restaurant Receive a Worse Review?Critic Jay Rayner eviscerated Paris’s Le Cinq.
  47. KFC Will Keep Human Antibiotics in Its Chicken for Another YearIt’s finally pledged to quit sourcing poultry raised with human drugs.
  48. lawsuits
    Wise Sued for Selling Mostly Empty Bags of Potato ChipsTwo angry consumers claim its bags are as much as 75 percent air.
  49. urban gardens
    Hippest Brooklyn Condo Yet Comes With Rooftop FarmlandThe new luxury building by Barclays is renting plots to residents and nearby restaurant Olmsted.
  50. immigration
    ICE Deported a Restaurateur the Obama Administration Had Authorized to StayThe owner of Eddie’s Steak Shed had challenged the order before a judge, but then ICE hauled him to Juárez.
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