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Introducing Cigar-Flavored Beer; Iowa Egg Farms Won’t Clean Up Their Acts

• Introducing cigar-flavored beer, which is aged in Spanish cedar for that smoky taste. [USAT]

• LAUSD students weigh in on the edamame, hummus, and pozole they’ll soon be eating in school this year. [LAT]

• New inspections find that Iowa’s egg farms are still not protecting adequately against salmonella, even after all those people got sick last year. [Your Life/USAT]

• Something called the “Portfolio Diet” that involves eating lots of soybeans, nuts, and “sticky fiber” may be effective in lowering cholesterol. [NYDN]

• 54-year-old Corky’s Coffee Shop in Sherman Oaks has a new menu. Also, Billy Joel claims to have once played there! [Sherman Oaks Patch]

• What will be the season’s hottest new venues for meetings and events among small and large groups in L.A.? Alesandra Dubin looks at ten. [Biz Bash]

Introducing Cigar-Flavored Beer; Iowa Egg Farms Won’t Clean Up Their Acts