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Restaurants Had Central Role in Civil Rights Movement; The Rise of Moscato

• Today on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let’s revisit the ways restaurants were pretty much at the center of the Civil Rights Movement [Salt/NPR]

• Get your freekah on with this primer to ancient grains. [WSJ]

• Move over, Riesling! Moscato is set to be in everyone’s glasses this year. [WSJ]

• Pasadena is having fun exploring the “truthiness” of its claims to inventing the cheeseburger. [LAT]

• Burger King is testing delivery service, so prepare for Americans to get even lazier and fatter. [NRN]

• Find food vendors organized at today’s Kingdom Parade in South L.A. [KABC]

• Despite discouragement in opening his regionally-specific slice of the Yucatan in L.A., Chichen Itza’s Gilberto Cetina is celebrating his eleventh year in usiness and a new cookbook. [Washington Times]

• The Voltaggio Brothers are being wrapped up together in a shared package described as “a culinary Cain-and-Abel turned Osmond brothers.” [USAT]

• Chinese ballers are buying tons of cognac, causing sales to spike. [Reuters via HuffPo]

Restaurants Had Central Role in Civil Rights Movement; The Rise of Moscato