• Kauffman asks why more restaurants don’t offer their wine for off-site drinking at retail prices like À Côté, Terroir, and Heart do. [SFoodie]
• Mark Morford pens an angry rant about the executives who run fast food chains. [SF Gate]
• Ritual Coffee eyes Boston. [NYT]
• Florence Fabricant is now penning a dining etiquette column for Diner’s Journal. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• Binge drinking has steadily risen in the United Kingdom over the past several years and the topic is a major part of this year’s elections. [WSJ]
• The FDA is not inspecting food manufacturing sites often enough, finds a new government report. [NYDN]
• Whole Foods will soon begin recycling customers’ wine corks. [Slashfood]