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Wing-Eating Techniques for the Super Bowl; an Agoraphobe’s Fascinating Menu Collection

• Here are a couple of different chicken-wing-eating techniques you might want to try at this Sunday’s Super Bowl parties, including one-handed and the “small-bone twist.” Might as well practice now! [HuffPo]

• The Smithsonian recently received a donation of 4,500 menus, collected by agoraphobe Virginia Mericle, who never left the house but had the bills of fare mailed to her over the years. [Atlantic]

• So many people are in need of food stamps in the city following the recession that they’re often standing in line up to seven hours a day to get benefits. [WSJ]

• Did you know the cereal box is one of the most widely read mediums? Evidently it is, and it’s about to get more fun with digital technology like augmented reality. [USAT]

• It’s not just Starbucks — a number of coffee brands are rolling out blond roasts for folks who don’t like the sometimes burned taste of a darker bean. [WSJ]

• If you want to jump aboard the barrel-aged-cocktail bandwagon without paying $13 a drink, Tuthilltown sells a DIY kit for ten bucks. [SE]

Wing-Eating Techniques for the Super Bowl; an Agoraphobe’s Fascinating