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Pig Butchery 101; A Seven-Pound Burrito and Other Things You Shouldn’t Eat

Work those triceps, Anderson.
Work those triceps, Anderson. Photo: CNN

• Inside one of Ryan Farr’s whole pig butchery classes. [Mission Local]

• Anderson Cooper tries to go oyster farming off the Louisiana coast, and isn’t very good with the tongs. [Eatocracy]

• A pizza girl got robbed at knifepoint Monday in Santa Cruz and the thief only got $1. [Tribune]

Comstock Saloon is offering a very Dutch happy hour deal: a shot of Bols genever and a Pilsner back. [SFoodie]

• A wine maker (Adam Lee) and a wine geek (W. Blake Gray) challenge each other to a blind tasting to identify alcohol levels in Pinots. [Gray Market Report]

• A look at some of the country’s most fattening dishes turned up a seven-pound breakfast burrito and a hot beef sundae. [USAT]

• Coca-Cola’s World Cup marketing campaign penetrates 160 countries for $600 million. [WSJ]

• The Taco Bell breakfast menu — including a “potato and cheese roll-up” for 79 cents — will launch soon. [Nationa’s Restaurant News]

• Summer is the perfect time to start gardening, but first you’ll need to turn your kitchen scraps into compost. [Serious Eats]

• Starbucks is adding packets of instant iced coffee to the Via product line it launched last fall. [AP]

Pig Butchery 101; A Seven-Pound Burrito and Other Things You Shouldn’t Eat