Manipulated Milk Prices?; Americans Still Throwing Food Away
5/19/08 at 10:00 AM
• Dairy Farmers of America, which controls a third of the nation’s milk supply, is being investigated by the Feds for allegedly manipulating milk and cheese prices. [WSJ]
• Mystery writer Alafair Burke is going to have a fictional Mesa Grill bartender strangled in her next novel. [NYP]
• As food prices skyrocket and corners of the globe starve, Americans are throwing away an astonishing 27 percent of food available for consumption, according to a new government study. [NYT]
• CEO Howard Schultz studies a Seattle cheese shop for inspiration on how to fix Starbucks. [WSJ]
• Kid Rock showed up at Wildwood Barbeque on Thursday night. [Down by the Hipster]
• Vittles Vamp goes on a tour of Brooklyn's Chinatown, camera in hand. [Vittles Vamp]
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