• The NIMBYs and Mission activists went nuts about Blue Bottle and their coffee trailer? Imagine if it had been McDonald’s. [Uptown Almanac]
• The government is contemplating defining what “estate” means when it comes to American wine making. [Gray Market Report]
• Frances and Daniel Patterson take home top honors in the first annual Eater Awards. [Eater]
• A whole bunch of new Bay Area-created cookbooks are hitting the shelves for the holidays. [Chron, Chron again]
• After oil-eating bacteria started feasting on the Gulf spill, that same oil worked its way up the food chain. [NYT]
• Now there’s this to worry about: All the crap in fast-food wrappers apparently leaks into food and is starting to show up in human blood. [ENS]
•This Twinkies diet thing is so bullshit. [CNN]
• Sara Lee is selling all of its bakery operations to Grupo Bimbo, the biggest food company in Mexico. [USAT]