• The now-open Block 37, home to a Beard Papa and Bleeding Heart Bakery, among others, is “a major architectural disappointment.” [Tribune]
• The Greater Chicago Food Depository has released its list of most-needed pantry staples this season. [Drive Thru]
• Scientists have grown pork meat in a laboratory for the first time, though it’s worth noting that they have not yet tasted it. [Times]
• China has okayed two strains of genetically-modified rice. [WSJ]
• 1,979 people went to the emergency room with bagel-related injuries last year. [WSJ]
