• The Coalition of Restaurant Owners for Liquor Control Fairness are still pushing for an injunction against the LCB’s wine boutique at Garces Trading Company, even after the market and café secured its own liquor license and liability insurance. [PW]
• Despite obesity being one of the country’s biggest public health challenges, Sarah Palin tweeted that she was bringing cookies to the students at the Bucks County Christian school where she spoke yesterday in protest of Pennsylvania’s proposed school nutrition guidelines. [6 ABC]
• Wendy’s is introducing new fries topped with sea salt because “people associate it with good, natural things,” according to a rep. [USAT]
• The Journal concludes that Japanese chefs in America pretty much refuse to use our water, preferring instead to import bottles from the Land of the Rising Sun. [WSJ/Japan Real Time]
• Is there anything that isn’t better after it’s barbecued? John T. Edge explores the world of smoked turkeys. [NYT]
• A food-safety advocate in China was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for “inciting social disorder.” [AP]
