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Piven Pissed About Sushi Jokes; Local Teachers Study Global Foods

• Jeremy Piven has a cow at Chris Kattan for joking about the Entourage actor’s sushi poisoning while backstage at an MTV talkshow. [NCCLA]

• UCLA teaches culture course to high school educators, including Lincoln and Hamilton Highs, through the preparation of different global foods. [LATimes]

• The California beef processor behind a massive beef recall and salmonella contamination is charged with violations for mishandling animals. [KTXL Fox 40]

• South Florida has discovered prized horses killed and butchered, possibly for meat. [CNN]

• Ashton Kutcher compares his wife to a burger. [Star Pulse]

• Frank Perdue elected to Meat Hall of Fame [Delmarvanow]

• Supermarkets nationwide are making an effort to better educate their butchers about cuts of meat. [WSJ]

• Five Italian wineries have been charged with making counterfeit Brunello wine. [NYT]

• It’s a good summer for peaches. [NYT]

• Green bell peppers are reviled by most food lovers, but they do have their defenders. [NYT]

Piven Pissed About Sushi Jokes; Local Teachers Study Global Foods