• A dead black bear was dumped, during business hours, outside El Taco, which is in a strip mall in San Leandro. [ABC 7]
• How to make wiener schnitzel and fifteen other dishes for Oktoberfest. [Chron]
• Phat Beets Produce in Oakland hosts workshops at the North Oakland farmers’ market in various urban homesteading skills, like chicken keeping and growing mushrooms in coffee grounds. [Oakland North]
• Michael Wild discusses the secrets to his thirty-year success at Bay Wolf, which included a helping hand from Alice. [Berkeleyside]
• Recently-released tome The White Book may be Israel’s first pork-centric cookbook. [NYT]
• More than 30 percent of kids with food allergies report being bullied. [Time]
• McDonald’s is currently testing a burrito-sized snack wrap in Chicago. [NRN]
• Fried lake trout is the iconic food of working-class Baltimore. [NYT]
• Domino’s lone 24 hour franchise is testing out breakfast pizza. [NRN]