• A 19-year-old burglary suspect, who was found asleep on a stranger's sofa on Christmas morning, blames his night of thievery and breaking and entering on a bottle of marshmallow-flavored vodka. His first crime, obviously, was bad taste in booze. [HuffPo]
• The Chron's food department loves Mitchell's Ice Cream so much they should probably marry it. After fawning over Mitchell's chocolate and Macapuno flavors in their July taste-test, they now say Mitchell's peppermint ice cream beats out all other brands. Btw, it's way too cold to be eating ice cream. [Chron]
• Peet's Coffee is attempting to expand their East Coast presence (so far only in Massachusetts) by introducing a medium roast to compete with the wildly popular Dunkin' Donuts. Good luck. [WSJ via SFist]
• Wendy's is big in Japan. Again. The chain has returned with ambitious hopes, after Tokyo's fickle market dis'ed them a few years ago. [Financial Times]
• Elsewhere in Asia, China's first Hello Kitty restaurant opened and it looks like a hit. Meow. [China Daily]
• Modeling and food aren't usually a happy marriage, but when Carla Hall hit Europe for the runway, way back when, that's when the culinary love affair began. [WSJ]
• Remember TC winner Hosea Hosenberg? Here he is playing poker and talking about why he chose the kitchen over outer-space. [Miami New Times]
