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California Drought Means More Imported Produce; Iceland Gives Up Its Last McDonald’s

• As a drought worsens conditions for California farmers, more produce will have to be obtained from overseas, and more than half a million acres of farmland have gone unplanted this year. [CBS]

• Martha Stewart is now selling turkeys for Thanksgiving. [Eat Me Daily]

• Due to cheaper rents and different public expectations of what a restaurant should look like, opening today can be many times cheaper than it was in the past. [Entrepreneuer]

• McDonald’s is closing all its Iceland stores because the country’s financial crisis has made operating there too expensive. [NYT]

• After a recent meal at New York’s Lumi, Chief Justice John Roberts gave Gay Talese his leftover wine. [City Room/NYT]

• Heston Blumenthal will not face any legal action over the poor hygiene that sickened over 500 diners at The Fat Duck last year. [Telegraph]

• Gordon Ramsay and his chief financial officer have parted ways. [Daily Mail]

California Drought Means More Imported Produce; Iceland Gives Up Its Last