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Bill Daley Pays Tribute to Lynfred Founder; Food Trucks Still Driven By Location

• “I’d raise a glass of his lovely charbono… the soft cherry notes of that wine haunt me to this day.” That’s how Bill Daley says he’d toast the memory of Fred Koehler, founder of the pioneering Illinois winery Lynfred, who died Saturday at age 83. [Tribune]

• Men, if you want to knock up a woman, a new study shows eating avocados and mangoes helps. [Sydney Morning Herald Au]

• Police shot and killed an 18-year-old gunman who wounded two people outside a Harold’s Chicken Shack in the 9100 block of south Ashland last night. [Tribune]

• For all the talk about how social media drives the popularity of food trucks, a new survey by Technomic reports that the best way to attract business is still to show up and smell good— 61% of consumers find out about food trucks by “just happening upon them.” [NACS Online]

• Doughnut shops have proliferated in Shanghai over the last few years. Naturally, Dunkin’ Donuts is determined to beat everyone: the chain already has eighteen shops in the city. [WP]

• Some dude who was shot in the parking lot of Diddy’s Atlanta restaurant Justin’s is suing the rap mogul for failing to maintain a safe environment. [BET]

• Since Pippa Middleton is the gal the most Britons want to “wake up to breakfast with,” per a poll, an artist created her likeness in a giant mural made of crumpets and jam. Yummy. [NYDN]

Bill Daley Pays Tribute to Lynfred Founder; Food Trucks Still Driven By Location