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Cochon 555 Hits Napa This Weekend; Fried Food Is Not That Bad For You!

• The Napa edition of Cochon 555 kicks off the roving contest’s season o’ porkapaloozas this weekend, and reigning King and Queen of Porc (John Stewart and Duskie Estes of Zazu), who won both the local and national titles last year, will return to defend their titles. [BiteClub]

• An Alameda County law that says you can’t smoke within 20 feet of the entrance of a bar or restaurant was the reason that police nabbed a suspect in an Oakland homicide. The suspect was smoking too close to the door of Mac’s Sports Bar in Hayward, and he was wanted in connection with a December murder. [Chron]

• The USDA’s “Plant Hardiness Zone Map” for gardeners, which hadn’t been updated since 1990, shows that warm zones have drifted northward. Cough, climate change, cough. [Salt/NPR]

• A new Spanish study suggests that fried food is not inherently unhealthy. Yes! [Times of India]

• However, Burger King’s new burger does not have the same distinction: The Smoked Bacon and Cheddar Double Angus packs more than 1,000 calories. [NYDN]

• A U.K. teen who has subsisted solely on chicken nuggets since she was two was rushed to the hospital with all kinds of weird health issues. So, Twinkie Diet adherents shouldn’t get any ideas. [HuffPo]

Cochon 555 Hits Napa This Weekend; Fried Food Is Not That Bad For You!