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Dennis Quaid Escapes DUI at Phillipe Chow With LAPD Help; Wine Grapes Going to Waste

• Dennis Quaid was stopped by cops in his SUV while leaving Kim Kardashian’s birthday at Phillipe Chow yesterday morning and was allowed to go into the restaurant and call a cab to avoid a DUI. [SFGate]

• California grape growers are having to let produce go to waste as bulk wine imports have tripled in the last two years. [TheCalifornian]

• Daniel Boulud will open an outpost of DB Bistro Moderne in Singapore. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]

• Despite the current craze for raising backyard chickens, chicken-rearing is no cake walk. [NYT]

• An R2-D2 made from cheese and a Jabba the Hut watermnelon were among food offerings at live Star Wars: In concert. [SatrWarsFan]

• Wild game is big on London menus right now. [WSJ]

• The makers of Monster energy drink have dropped their lawsuit against a craft brewery that produces a beer called Vermonster. [NYP]

Earlier: Wrong People Suing Over Vermonster Beer

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