• Chris Daly: a great bartender? [Chron, Guardian]
• Selling expired food isn’t illegal… at least not around here. [SF Citizen]
• Did that new rule passed by the government last week, officially designating certain viticultural areas by name for wine labels, outlaw the use of “champagne” in California? We’re looking at you Korbel/Schramsberg. [Gray Market Report]
• You know that new carny-themed place Straw? It’s vegan-friendly. [Bay Area Bites]
• Xelina Leyba, GM at Commonwealth, is honored as “Hostess of the Week” on Esquire’s Eat Like a Man blog. [Esquire]
• Grow your own: mushrooms, that is. At-home fungus kits are on the rise. [WSJ]
• Step away from the Frappuccino… and the Cold Stone Creamery Lotta Caramel Latte, and four other ridiculously high-calorie coffee drinks. [Slashfood]
• Continuing its ongoing quest to take over the world, Amazon is hoping to expand into grocery delivery. [Gizmodo]
• At the World Economic Forum in Davos, food inflation is a big item on the agenda, just like it was in 2008. [MarketWatch]