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Polk Street Is Very Morroccan; Dieting Makes Your Body Freak Out

• Polk Street has become a bit of a “Moroccan hub,” and the Chron profiles three restaurants there, Aicha, Tajine, and Café Zitouna. [Chron]

• 30-year-old Donut Alley in Larkspur, always trying to keep up with trends, is contemplating launching a doughnut truck in San Rafael. [Marin IJ]

• Jamba Juice and Jack in the Box are the latest chains to test out Google Wallet, which lets customers pay with smartphones. [NRN]

• Remember Dr. Pepper-flavored Lip Smackers? Well, the company’s latest lip-gloss innovations are flavored like Girl Scout cookies. So anyone who kisses you will feel like they’re smooching a schoolgirl? [NYDN]

• As soon as you start dieting, your body freaks out and goes into “empty gas tank” mode — and new research suggests it stays that way for a year after normal eating is resumed. [NPR]

• It’s cosmopolitan: Binge drinking for the ladies is on the rise, and shows like Mad Men and Sex & the City don’t help. [NYDN]

• Monsanto has a new genetically modified sweet corn (not labeled as such), and opponents are petitioning grocers and food processors to ban it. [Reuters]

Polk Street Is Very Morroccan; Dieting Makes Your Body Freak Out