- Beverage behemoth Anheuser-Busch has ordered 40 of Tesla’s all-electric semi trucks to deliver its beer. The trucks, which are slated to roll out in 2019, will help the brewing giant reduce fuel emissions — and they’ll also be equipped with autonomous driving capabilities.
- More Hello Kitty wines are coming, including a pinot noir and a sparkling rosé.
- The New Jersey strip club featured in The Sopranos is closing. (Known as the Bada Bing in the show, it’s actually called Satin Dolls.) In an ironic twist, it’s being forced to shutter due to the owner’s alleged involvement with the Genovese crime family.
- A tractor trailer full of Tito’s vodka spilled on a Pennsylvania highway early Thursday morning. That particular stretch of roadway has probably never been so clean.
- Famous person and Twitter gem Chrissy Teigen says she gave Anthony Bourdain a tour of Thailand (Teigen is half Thai). Perhaps a Parts Unknown cameo is in the cards?
- Cookbook author and former NY Times-er Mark Bittman has apologized for comments he made at a recent farming conference that some deemed dismissive of people of color.
- Watch Stephen Colbert and comedian John Hodgman tackle the age-old argument, “Is a hot dog a sandwich?”
- A German man living in Taiwan who claimed to be a Michelin-starred chef has been outed as a fraud. (He in fact only briefly worked as a part-time chef’s assistant.)
- Canadian favorite Tim Hortons recently opened in Scotland and the Scots are very much here for it.
- The Chicago Tribune explores the origins of the pizza puff, a Chicago specialty that consists of a flaky fried dough stuffed with cheese, tomato sauce, and pepperoni or sausage.
- Fox is developing a series called Breadwinners about an out-of-work dad who attempts to reinvent himself as a chef amid “the wild world of the current foodie revolution.”
• Finally, this tweet needs no introduction:
"Market price" for avocado toast has to be the most L.A. thing to have ever L.A.-ed. pic.twitter.com/eTGsXA3k9h
— Julia Wick (@sherlyholmes) December 8, 2017