• New Year’s Eve open bar promotions may not be kosher with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. [Inquirer]
• The ever-increasing popularity of oysters on restaurant menus (and the demand for variety therein) has lead to boom times for oyster farmers. [WSJ]
• Cooking shows are doing gangbuster ratings. [USA Today]
• A Texas woman called 911 last week to report that her husband refused to eat his dinner. [AP]
• Nestle has pulled out of Zimbabwe, claiming harassment after pulling out of a deal to buy milk from a farm owned by Robert Mugabe’s family. [NYT]
• Bennigan’s founder Norman Brinker has died at 78. [Fork in the Road/VV]
