• Those Chicago-themed food stations at the new Lincoln Park Whole Foods? Lettuce Entertain You consulted on them. [Dish]
• Maybe the solution to corporate behemoths appropriating words like “organic” and “local” is to use more complicated, specific phrases to define our food. [TOC Blog]
• Several liquor companies, including Pernod, are offering popular courses designed to teach bartenders how to become “master mixologists.” [WSJ]
• Many well-intentioned urban gardeners don’t realize that their soil may be full of lead. [NYT]
• Heads up, oenophiles: As the recession hits France, some Parisians have been pawning their bottles of Grands Cru. [NYP]