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Bourdain Writes A Comic Book; Sriracha Building $40 Million Irwindale Headquarters

• Anthony Bourdain’s graphic novel Get Jiro! was officially announced this weekend at New York ComicCon. [DC Comics]

• Baldwin Park’s P&G; Super Burgers was damaged by fire this past Saturday. [SGV tribune]

• Huy Fong Foods Inc., makers of Sriracha, are constructing a $40 million, 655,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Irwindale. [Globest]

• Spirits importer Todd Richman has enlisted the help of Pal Cabron’s Bricia Lopez in his efforts to promote mezcal in L.A. [SCPR]

• 22-year-old Thousand Oaks chef Kelly Baker, who recently worked at Firenze Osteria, appeared on Grill It! with Bobby Flay, having been chosen from a pool of over 5,000 applicants. [Ventura County Star]

• It’s possible to make acorns ready for human consumption by soaking them in a bag in your toilet tank for a few weeks. [NYT]

• Collaboration and community are the cornerstone — and main buzzwords — of the new DIY farming movement. [NYT]

• Canadian researchers claim they have created “fake food” that helps people feel full faster in order to lose weight. [LAT]

• In a British study, baby high chairs in restaurants were found to contain more bacteria than toilets. [Daily Mail]

Bourdain Writes A Comic Book; Sriracha Building $40 Million Irwindale