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Rachael Ray Picks Best Pizza in U.S.; Olympic Skiier Rubs Cheese on Her Leg

Every Day with Rachael Ray has awarded Phoenix’s Pizzeria Bianco as the best pizza in America. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
Previously: Best Pizza in America: The Visual Breakdown

• Lindsey Vonn, of the U.S. Olympic Ski Team, has been rubbing topfen, an Austrian cheese, onto her injured leg in an effort to reduce swelling. [Slate]

• Though Ferran Adrià has decided that El Bulli will be a foundation when it reopens in 2014, it remains to be seen whether that foundation will serve food or not. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]

• Christine Vega, the 32-year old daughter of Casa Vega founder Ray Vega, is poised to take over the 52-year old restaurant. [SFVBJ]

• About 500 pot plants were found growing in a former Chinese restaurant in the U.K. [BBC]

• A customer who thought he was drinking for free shot and ran over a restaurant manager in a North Carolina restaurant when asked to pay for his drinks. [Winston-Salem Journal]

• The sugar content of foods like bread, cereal, and fruit has risen over the past thirty years and the crackdown on fat may be partially to blame. [Salon]

• It is difficult to practice locavorism year round, especially in the snow belt. [NYT]

• A group of Dutch dairy farmers are suing the man who helped them set up outposts in the United States, charging that he owes them money. [WSJ]

Rachael Ray Picks Best Pizza in U.S.; Olympic Skiier Rubs Cheese on Her Leg