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PETA Gets Live Shrimp Taken Off Sacramento Menu; Atkins Diet Once Again Proven Bad For You

• PETA coerces Sacramento’s Nishiki Sushi Bar to take its “dancing shrimp” dish — a common Japanese delicacy — off the menu because it featured the potentially cruel act of pouring lemon juice on live shrimp to make them writhe. [AP]

• Members of the Pyramid Paiute tribe, whose tribal lands border the Black Rock Desert, make money each year selling tacos and other food and supplies to Burners. [Reno Gazette Journal]

• A look at Thermidor’s 60’s-inspired cocktail menu (an P.S., bar manager Morgan Schick just departed). [Chron]

• According to a Harvard study, protein-based diets like the Atkins Diet are really only healthy if they’re plant-based, with meat-based diets raising heart attack and cancer risk. [Eatocracy]

• Each country gives their own rations to troops in Afghanistan: the French supply cassoulet, while Americans hand out hamburgers. [NYT]

• Coffee prices are currently at a twelve-year high. [NYDN]

• Vegetable-based dishes and small plates will be trendy for menus this fall. [NRN]

PETA Gets Live Shrimp Taken Off Sacramento Menu; Atkins Diet Once Again Proven