• Apparently Doug Flutie’s valiant nephew, Billy, saved a choking diner at the Cleveland Circle Applebee’s. The BC grad “applied a life-saving Heimlich Maneuver,” dislodging an errant chicken nugget. [Herald]
• Evidently fast-food restaurants offer their biggest deals this month. Sounds like a great way to break those New Year’s resolutions. [USAT]
• Now’s a nice time of year to decamp to the mild climes of Austin, Texas. If you do so — or you’re heading there for SXSW — here’s where to eat. [Newsday]
• Is there a point to the Camembert rind? Why, yes. “For a group of Swiss bioengineers, that moldy rind is one of nature’s greatest living surfaces, doing double duty as a shield and a cleaner.” [Salt/NPR]
• And today in globalization, Smashburger has announced plans to expand to Latin America, while Baskin Robbins has stated its intentions to open 50 stores in Vietnam. [NRN, Grub Street]
