• Berkeley police are searching for suspects in an early morning robbery at a McDonald’s near the Berkeley-Albany border. [Bay City News]
• How to make your own gin (not in a bathtub) for a hostess gift. [Yumsugar]
• As part of their new “One Year In” series, Eater talks with Frances chef Melissa Perello. [Eater]
• A trio of new cafés pop up here and over in Berkeley. [Tablehopper]
• 18 Reasons is doing a holiday cookie swap tomorrow. [SFoodie]
• Turns out we Yanks aren’t the only fatties: a report shows that half of all Europeans are now overweight. [BBC]
• Hut, two, no Coke for you. The Army is cleaning up the diet of soldiers in Fort Huachuca, in Arizona, eliminating access to sodas and sugary cereals, as well as fatty meats. [CNBC]
• Sesame Street, too, is trying to encourage healthy eating habits; the show has introduced broccoli, banana, low-fat-cheese, and whole-wheat-bun muppets. Okay, Mr. Broccoli is cute, but really, guys, a whole-wheat bun? [NorthJersey.com
• Gee, this is uplifting: Scientists at the climate change talks in Cancun warned that if leaders don’t better negotiate food-security policies, the earth may run out of food by 2050. [NewsFeed/Time]
• Restaurant gift cards are predicted to outsell other gift cards with online holiday shoppers. Unfortunately, we’re guessing it’s all crappy places like Chili’s and not anywhere we’d actually want to eat. [NRN]
