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- Taco Bell now serves what it’s calling a “potatorito” — beef, cheese, potatoes, and chipotle spice wrapped in a tortilla — for $1 at stores nationwide.
- Discovery Communications is in talks to buy The Food Network and HGTV from Scripps Networks, according to the NY Post. Viacom was considering a bid but dropped out yesterday.
- The World’s 50 Best released the video of Ferran Adria’s talk at the Barcelona summit this June. He discusses how gastronomy has changed in the last 10 - 15 years, including the rise of food on TV, women in high-end kitchens, and the casualness of fine dining:
- According to a new survey Chick-Fil-A and Panera bread offer the best service in the fast food world. Ranked last: McDonald’s.
- Brewers at Veil Brewing Co. and Evil Twin Brewing teamed up to make “Fried Fried Chicken Chicken” beer, which uses tenders from Chick-Fil-A in the mash.
- Olive Garden now serves a cookie butter cake.
- Kelly Fields, New Orleans restaurants, writes an ode to Popeye’s.
- A Montreal couple created an unofficial Tim Horton’s museum. Basically they’ve just filled a spare room in their apartment with $1,000 worth of Tim Horton’s memorabilia.
