• In honor of the holidays, CHOW makes “the turducken of cheese balls,” which is a cube of washed-rind cheese covered in about a dozen layers of other stuff. [CHOW]
• Two weeks after Dungeness crab season officially opened, crab fishermen have ended their strike and reached a deal with crab processors, meaning you’ll finally see fresh crab in markets and restaurants by tomorrow or Thursday. [Chron]
• A 1910 Presidio Heights mansion that Coors beer built, commissioned by one Adolph Coors, is on the market for $15 million. [NBC]
• As mentioned earlier, the Andronico’s grocery chain is undergoing some restructuring, and they’ve just announced the closing of their Telegraph Avenue store in Berkeley. This means they’re down to five stores, from their height of fourteen locations in the late 90s. [Chron]
• Pass the salt: Turns out taking in too little sodium is “almost as bad as too much.” [NYT]
• A militant group in Zimbabwe is calling for a boycott of a local restaurant chain because its latest ads portray Robert Mugabe as “the last dictator standing.” [WP]
• The food world sure is full of lots and lots and lots of “secret” recipes. [Guardian UK]
• Goldfish, SodaStream, and Skillet Street bacon spread are among Ad Age’s picks for America’s Hottest Brands. Also on the list: something called Pickle Juice Sport. [Ad Age]
• Stop telling your children to clean their plates: MSNBC offers up its list of “8 ways we’re making our kids fat.” [MSNBC]
