• The Times today covers the cult appeal of raw whiskey, otherwise known as white dog. For once, the Chron got to something first. [NYT]
• Are empanadas the new cupcake? [Food Gal]
• Chef “family trees” and which Bay Area restaurant spawned the most Beard nominees this year. [Between Meals]
• Grass-fed beef is, in many ways, better than organic. [The Daily Beast via CHOW]
• KFC wants to massively expand its presence in France, quadrupling its number of stores in the country by 2015. [WSJ]
• Bobby Flay wants to go to Georgetown and study “anything.” [People]
• Jersey Shore’s Pauly D is now shilling for Baskin-Robbins. [Eater]
• After being named as the world’s top restaurant, Noma got 10,000 email reservation requests in one day. [Bloomberg]
• In the four months since Domino’s introduced its new pizza recipe, the chain’s sales have skyrocketed 14.5 percent. [USA Today]
• Gary Vaynerchuk designed Virgin America’s new wine list. [PR Newswire]
