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Apples Rain Down on UK Motorists; Bootleg Liquor Kills 116 in India

• A hail storm of apples, caused by freak weather conditions that had swept them up into the air, rained down on motorists in Coventry, U.K., the other night. [Telegraph UK]

• In the year 2012, sage Garret Snyder predicts that the reservations system at Ludo Lefebvre’s new restaurant will be determined through rock-paper-scissors and Jonathan Gold will disappear for a month after one hell of an underground dinner. [Squid Ink]

• McDonald’s is getting into the farm-to-table movement with ads that feature one of its potato farmers. Ugh, this charade is even worse than everyone using the word “artisanal.” [NRN]

• Yikes: Bootleg liquor laced with methanol was responsible for 115 deaths in eastern India, primarily among poor people who couldn’t afford state-sanctioned liquor shops. [NPR]

• The poor proprietor of 55 Degrees is spending $10,000 a month while the city messes with his pending Atwater Tap House [The Eastsider L.A.]

• Using the code [HOLIDAY2011] gets you five dollars off one of Six Taste’s tours of Thai Town when you purchase the tour as a gift. [Six Taste]

• There is no new food trend Michael McCarty hasn’t already seen come and gone. [NRN]

• Is a zero-calorie ramen noodle too good to be true? One reporter goes to the front lines to find out. [Slate]

Apples Rain Down on UK Motorists; Bootleg Liquor Kills 116 in India