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A Day in the Life of La Cocina; The Biggest Trend in 2010 is Kitchen Gardens?

• Mission Local spends a day in the commercial kitchen at La Cocina, meeting some of the vendors who are incubating businesses there like Hapa Ramen’s Richie Nakano. [Mission Local]

• Tim Nugent, pastry chef at Scala’s Bistro and chef-testant on Top Chef: Just Desserts, is a big fan of Dynamo Donuts and Humphry Slocombe. [NBC]

• Chef Traci Des Jardins was spotted with her son in the stands when the Giants clinched the National League West playoff. [SFist]

• L.A.’s Food Policy Task Force is working towards getting every farmers’ market in the city to accept food stamps. [LAT]

• A survey of 3000 chefs by the National Restaurant Association reveals that they think the biggest food trend of 2010 is kitchen gardens. [NPR]

• Carrying weapons inside bars and restaurants that serve alcohol has been a hot topic ever since four states passed laws explicity allowing it. [NYT]

• The fifteenth annual Epcot Center Food & Wine Festival is going on in Orlando, Florida, with crowds thronging the park. [IBT]

• A steak-scented billboard has been erected in North Carolina, promoting a local grocery store’s line of meat. [Sydney Morning Herald]

A Day in the Life of La Cocina; The Biggest Trend in 2010 is Kitchen Gardens?