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Contaminated Cantaloupes Were Sold at Local Markets; Chipotle’s ShopHouse Spinoff to P.F. Chang’s: It’s On!

• Fallout from Tropical Storm Lee is still wreaking havoc on suburban water supplies. Authorities are urging those with wells to avoid drinking water from them. [KYW Newsradio]

• Colorado cantaloupes contaminated with potentially life-threatening bacteria were sold at at supermarkets in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. [Action News]

• Sugar refiners are suing corn-syrup processors, and needless to say, relations between the two are anything but sweet. [ABC News]

• Josh Ozersky ponders an eternal mystery: Why are Jews so smitten with Chinese food? [Time]

• Chipotle’s South Asian spinoff, ShopHouse Kitchen, debuts Thursday in D.C. P.F. Chang’s, it’s on. [NRN]

• With poor eating habits, little exercise, and smoking, China is basically turning into America circa 1965, and they have the same chronic diseases to show for it. [WP]

• Underground Secret Dining in Jakarta trumps anything the kids are doing in Brooklyn or San Francisco: Guests have no idea what will be served until they show up. [SceneAsia/WSJ]

• New research about deals sites suggest people are just as much suckers for small discounts as large ones. [NRN]

Contaminated Cantaloupes Were Sold at Local Markets; Chipotle’s ShopHouse