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Sugary Soda Tax Proposed Statewide; Horse Semen Is Apparently a New Zealand Delicacy

• California State Senator Dean Florez is proposing a one-penny-per-teaspoon-of-sugar tax on sweetened beverages, which could end up costing the average Californian an extra $43 a year. [ABC]

• Next week on Eye on the Bay, CBS 5’s Liam Mayclem is going to tour around to various spots on 7x7’s 2011 Big Eat list. [7x7, Earlier]

• The public tasting portion of the Chronicle Wine Competition is tomorrow at Fort Mason, and there are still tickets. [WineJudging via Scoop]

• Also tomorrow, in the night time, there’s a rather lengthy Inner Richmond Pub Crawl. [Bold Italic]

• Angelo Sosa discusses getting the boot from Top Chef All Stars, and the opening of his new NYC restaurant Social Eatz. [Feast, Earlier]

• Holy horse semen! Yep, flavored shots of the stuff will be on offer at an upcoming New Zealand food festival. [AsiaOne]

• Some college dining halls have eliminated trays, and that’s reduced food waste astoundingly. Probably helps with the old freshman fifteen, too. [WP]

• Today in food-inflation news: China’s ministry of commerce released a plan to keep staple supplies steady in order to minimize price swings; meanwhile, higher food commodity prices in Nigeria have contributed to that country’s inflation rate rising to 12.1 percent. [WSJ, AllAfrica]

• But don’t worry, Nestle, the world’s largest food company, saw its profits triple in 2010. [MarketWatch]

• Consumers around the nation are getting more and more into “exotic” cuisines like Japanese and Thai! Some people are even going so far as to order things like the sweet Thai chili garlic sauce at Boston Market! [NRN]

Sugary Soda Tax Proposed Statewide; Horse Semen Is Apparently a New Zealand