• Brace yourself for savory cupcakes: Muffin-shaped lasagnas are all the rage in L.A. and even Trader Joe’s has frozen turkey meatloaf muffins. [WSJ]
• A bratwurst specialist in Mountain View is closed right as Super Bowl Sunday approaches. And the Packers are playing. [Scoop]
• Ajisen Ramen gets the Bargain Bite treatment. [Chron]
• The Journal shows Citizen’s Band some love. [WSJ]
• Ladies and gentlemen: the United States of Beer. From Shiner to Yuengling, here’s a fun map of regional suds. [Good]
• Chili’s opened its first outlet in Russia and plans to unveil 25 more by 2017, which may put it in a wings race in that country with T.G.I. Friday’s. [Reuters]
• Sal Picinich, a Hoboken, New Jersey, baker who appeared on Cake Boss, has passed away from cancer at age 63. [CNN]
• Even-fresher direct: For lazy locavores, The Wall Street Journal road tests four local-food delivery services in four cities. [WSJ]
