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Top Chef: D.C. Winner Kevin Sbraga Headlines the Epicurean Palate; Farmers Turn to ‘Agri-tainment’ For Additional Revenue

• Haunted hayrides, corn mazes and other forms of “agri-tainment” give area framers alternative revenue streams. [Daily Local]

Top Chef: D.C. winner Kevin Sbraga will headline this year’s Epicurean Palate event at Grounds for Sculpture. [Bucks Local News]

• A tech startup in Austin, TX has raised over $2 million to launch TabbedOut, a smartphone app that lets bar and restaurant patrons open and close tabs without having to interact with the bartender or server. [Austin Statesman]

• Over 100 inmates in Iowa jails are receiving food stamps, even though by virtue of being in prison they don’t qualify for the assistance. [Chicago Tribune]

• A long, wet summer in Korea has raised prices of Chinese cabbage from $2 to $10, skyrocketing the prices of kimchi. [FT]

• A Federal Appeals Court has overturned the state of Ohio’s ban on identifying RBGH-free milk as such; the case seems likely to go to the Supreme Court. [The Atlantic]

• It turns out the most effective way to clean produce is with a vinegar rinse followed by tap water. [NYT]

• The UK Health Secretary has apologized to Jamie Oliver for dismissing his healthy-eating activism as “rubbish.” [Guardian]

Top Chef: D.C. Winner Kevin Sbraga Headlines the Epicurean Palate;