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Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 06/28/2011

Lunch Room Chatter: Mushrooms grown in diapers

By Timothy R. Smith

* Borscht smoothies, anyone? (WSJ)

* Are you ready for mushrooms grown in used diapers? (Economist)

* How obesity is like drug addiction. (Health Canal)

* The dirt on fast-food litter. (Mother Jones)

* For your own litter-acy, here’s the crying Indian commercial from the 1970s. (YouTube)

* A hacker group declares war on Orlando for arresting food assistance workers. (WaPo)

* President Obama uses the White House chef to attract, and feed, big donors. (Fox)

* Peter Smith of PS 7’s recycles gin mash. (HuffPo)

* An English baker finds 29 straight double-yolk eggs. You have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding 29 straight double-yolk eggs. (Mancester Evening News)

* Gastro-vacationing across the America. (The Atlantic)

By Timothy R. Smith | 01:00 PM ET, 06/28/2011

Categories: Chefs, Media, Food Politics, Sustainable Food | Tags: Lunch Room Chatter, Timothy R. Smith

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