• Ninth Street Espresso is dropping Oregon’s Stumptown as its coffee provider and will start pulling shots of Alphabet City Blend, from Intelligentsia in Chicago, on Wednesday or Thursday. [Fresh Intelligentsia/NYT]
• Is it greener to drink beer from cans or bottles? The answer depends on how far you live from the brewery that produces your drink of choice. [Slate]
• From the looks of a new trailer on YouTube, legendary Knicks power forward Charles Oakley has a new cooking show. [Always Hungry NY]
• Country-of-origin labeling for meat and produce began yesterday, but it doesn’t apply to specialty stores or restaurants, and there are already a ton of exceptions to the law. [Consumerist]
• Today in trends you already knew about: Hot dogs are going haute all over the city. [NYO]
• Growing tobacco uses more pesticides than most other crops Slate]
