• Talk about a bad holiday present: Pastries from Rolf’s Patisserie were recalled on Christmas Eve after 100 people were sickened by the Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria. [CNN]
• Julia Child: kind of like Tupac when it comes to posthumous output. Her latest piece of work (aside from the shimmy) is a book that recounts her letters to pen pal Avis DeVoto. [Globe]
• Salon’s Francis Lam digs deep into Sandra Lee’s Kwanzaa cake. The verdict: Yep, it’s pretty shameful. [Salon]
• A dude in New London, Connecticut, tried to rob a restaurant using an iPhone as his weapon. As you might imagine, it didn’t work out so well for him. [MSNBC]
• Jamie Oliver says he sometimes despises his wife, and that he’s never read a book in his life. [Telegraph]
• Pizza wars! The major pizza chains are becoming particularly competitive as post-recession America’s demand for cheap food continues to grow. [Free Press via USAT]
