• Last week’s 55 percent-alcohol beer has been replaced as the world’s most alcoholic by Start The Future, a Japanese beer that clocks in at 120 proof. [Reuters]
• A former executive at Thomas’ English Muffins is currently banned from taking a job at Hostess, since he is one of seven people who knows how to make the muffins’ “nooks and crannies.” [USA Today]
• Food trucks are bringing young folks together to make a love connection. [L.A> Times/Daily Dish]
• Meat and dairy products from cloned animals are slowly making their way into European supermarkets. [NYT]
• Eva Longoria will appear as a guest-judge on Next Food Network Star. [Popeater]
• Dante’s Fried Chicken Truck rolls out next Tuesday, with the namesake dish cooked by artist/event promoter Dante Gonzales. [L.A. Weekly]
• Gustavo Dudamel, the dynamic artistic director and conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, cites The Bazaar as one of his favorite local restaurants. [L.A. Times]
• Jewelry designer Rachel Chyna White’s new Demitasse line includes necklaces that say “Foodie” and pave diamond-encrusted vanilla bean knife charms. [Mouthing Off/F&W;]
• In Vietnam, banh mi are served 24 hours a day. [WSJ]
• MiceDirect recalled their frozen mice this weekend after a salmonella outbreak that sickened 400 people, most of whom were snake owners. [NYT]
• The European Union rejected Anheuser-Busch’s request for a Union-wide trademark on Budweiser. [WSJ]
