• Jennifer Carroll says the cooks at 10 Arts tease her for her Top Chef performances, but she can take it. [Daily News]
• The Food and Drug Administration says it will pull caffeinated alcoholic beverages from the market unless manufacturers can prove the drinks’ safety. [WSJ]
• Rick Nichols catches up with former Deux Cheminees chef-owner and culinary historian Fritz Blank. [Inquirer]
• Burger King franchisees are suing the chain over its dollar double cheeseburger promotion, charging that they’re losing at least ten cents per burger. [NRN]
• After sharp opposition from the oyster industry, the FDA has indefinitely delayed a ban on warm-weather Gulf oysters. [NYT]
• Three homeless men in Moscow killed another man, ate part of him, and sold the rest to a butcher shop. [NYP]
• This Christmas, famed British restaurant The Fat Duck will serve ambergis, better known as whale vomit. [The Sun]
• Meatpacking plants are being pushed out of Louisville, Kentucky, even in the city’s Butchertown neighborhood. [WSJ]
• A Colombian cooking school has invented a “love dessert” made of passion fruit mousse — oh, and Viagra. [NYDN]
