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Taco Bell Upgrading Ingredients; The Joy of Food Fights

• With the introduction of fresh ingredients (as opposed to whatever they usually serve) Taco Bell could become Chipotle “on a budget.” [Reuters]

• Russ Parsons and crew get props for holding up the gold standard of recipe testing. Way to go, Russ! [Washington Post]

• Manganese, which is abundant in nuts and whole grains, may be an antidote to E. coli. [AP via HuffPo]

• Some reflections on the joys of a food fight. [Guardian UK]

• Chichen Itza’s Gilberto Centina and his son are running the Yucateco restaurant together, awww… [Intersections South L.A.]

• The Belgian climes of Downtown’s Little Bear are proving popular with crowds, while Ryan Sweeney tells that story about Saint Arnold again. [LAT]

• Wines grown in the Galicia region in Spain’s northwest corner are very different than other Spanish wines, with far more minerality. [NYT]

• Yes, there is a Kosher weight-loss camp. [Jew & the Carrot/Forward]

Taco Bell Upgrading Ingredients; The Joy of Food Fights