• Did you know you can buy Kingdom of Dumpling’s dumplings by the bag ($6 to $7), straight from their supply house at 1426 Noriega? Now you do. [GrubGirl]
• Comparing the “gonzo” wine lists at S.F.’s Heart and NYC’s Terroir. [Zagat]
• Frito-Lay is going to announce a revamp of its products, and half of its snacks will be made exclusively from natural ingredients. Fritos and Tostitos are just fried corn, right? What were they made out of before? [USAT]
• Speaking of huge companies co-opting natural food, one year-end roundup wonders if the artisanal movement has jumped the shark. [Salinas Californian]
• A new book looks into the history of Coca-Cola. And once again, yes, the original formula had coca leaf in it, but that was before it was a widely distributed brand. [Serious Eats]
• Big in 2010: At-home canning, more dudes cooking. [UPI]
• Eeeeee! Scientists have sequenced the cacao genome! Does cloned chocolate count as fair-trade? [Nature via Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• Hawkeye Food Service of Coralville, Iowa, is suing a bunch of Iowa school districts, alleging price-fixing and bid-rigging. [Trib]
