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Fancy Food Show Survival Tips; Chain Restaurants Go Flex-Casual

• This weekend is the annual Fancy Food Show at the Moscone Center, and here are some tips for scoring the best samples and surviving the ordeal. [SFoodie]

• There’s a black market for butter happening at 7th and Market. [SF Citizen]

• Here’s the “secret” recipe behind Betelnut’s curry laksa noodles. [7x7]

• The Humane Society has become an investor in the private equity firm that owns Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s. Keep your enemies close? [HuffPo]

• “Flex-casual” is an increasingly popular concept in the chain-restaurant industry: counter service by day, full service by night. [NRN]

• NPR’s food blog the Salt has some helpful suggestions for what to do with Twinkies, including wearing them or using them as a flotation device. [Salt/NPR]

• Behold the insidious truth behind why your grandma pilfers sugar packets. [Eatocracy/CNN]

Fancy Food Show Survival Tips; Chain Restaurants Go Flex-Casual