• The closing of Coda may point to the fact that jazz-only venues have to mix up their schedules more, like Yoshi’s does, to survive. [NYT]
• Salmon sport fishing in the Sacramento River delta appears to be a thing of the past. [CC Times]
• KQED heads to the farmers’ market for tips on selecting winter produce from chefs like Russell Jackson (Lafitte) and Hoss Zaré (Zaré at Fly Trap). [KQED]
• The East Coast catches up as both the Washington and New York Posts run identical articles about kombucha. [WP, NYP]
• Bison farmers are struggling to raise enough animals to meet consumer demand for healthy meat. It would’ve probably helped if we hadn’t killed off the expansive herds of these majestic beasts a couple of centuries ago. [USAT]
• As South Carolina governor Mark Sanford is discovering, there’s at least one benefit to cheating on your pretty wife, running off to your mistress in Argentina, and lying about the whole thing: Your food bill goes down! [ABC News 4]
• While it seems likely we’ll be custom-designing our embryos before long, for now (according to a recent study) you can eat lots of greens to increase your chances of having a girl. [Telegraph UK]
