• Next month, Kansas City-based craft beer maker Boulevard Brewing Co. will sell its Smokestack Series line in Massachusetts. Boulevard also will offer Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale in 5-gallon kegs, giving local restaurants the chance to sell the Belgian Saison-style beer on tap. Cheers! [BBJ]
• Your eating at your desk might be bothering your co-workers — particularly if you’re lunching on sardine sandwiches, rude-o. [WSJ]
• The popularity of “new Nordic” cuisine, with its hay and pine needles, is surprising to some but undeniable. [NYT]
• We take big-box American supermarkets for granted these days, but it all started with the A&P;, which was the first chain to put everything a shopper needed under one roof. [NPR]
• If you’re confused over how much to actually worry about bacteria in food, Harold McGee breaks it down. [NYT]
