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Groupon Is Starting a Dating Service; Chinese Top Chef Equivalent Won’t Feature a Single Chinese Chef

• Good lord… Groupon is starting a dating service, complete with a $60,000 scholarship for babies conceived on “Groupon dates.” [TechCrunch]

• An interview with Cheryl Burr of Pinkie’s Bakery, following up on Kauffman’s mini-review yesterday. [SFoodie]

• A mini-review of Sidekick, Cowgirl Creamery’s new next-door milk bar. [Hoodscope]

• Onetime Sonoma restaurateur Zino Mezoui, of Zino’s on the Plaza, died on Friday after a car accident on Highway 29. He was 57. [BiteClubEats

• Chinese language TV station New Tang Dynasty Television’s upcoming cooking competition won’t feature a single chef from China, as all eleven slated to compete were not allowed to leave the country. [City Room/NYT]

• McDonald’s is threatening to drop health insurance for its workers unless regulators waive a requirement on so-called “mini-med” plans. [WSJ]

• Wealthy Americans are eating more fast food than they were a year ago. [WSJ]

• Food safety advocates want the government to test for more E. coli strains. [WSJ]

• Adam Richman is very hurt that Alton Brown thinks Man v. Food is an embarrassment. [NYDN]

Groupon Is Starting a Dating Service; Chinese Top Chef Equivalent