• Alinea’s food may be renowned for perfection, but according to the Chicago Department of Health, their kitchen was less than pristine during a November 30 inspection. Luckily, the problem was remedied quickly so those eating there now are no doubt safe. [NBC Chicago]
• The labs at Kraft Foods must be really wild because among the brands the company will introduce next year is… mocktails. Sorry, that would be three “mocktail flavors” for Crystal Light, plus a line of refrigerated dinner kits called Kraft Sizzling Salads. Yum? [Chicago Business]
• If you feel like you’re hungrier in the winter, you’re not alone: Research suggests there may be a primitive urge to stockpile calories when the days are shorter. [NPR]
• Those healthy MyPlate guidelines? Turns out the average American eats that way just seven days a year. [NYDN]
• In a display of (literal) poor taste, two Dutch TV hosts proceeded to have small parts of muscle surgically removed and then eat one another’s flesh.[HuffPo UK]
• Two ne’er-do-wells were caught trying to smuggle in butter from Sweden to sell at a profit in butter-starved Norway. [NYDN]
