News Bites, August 27

[Found this in draft form and realized that I hadn't posted it. Outdated, but nothing was breaking news too old to post.]

• My first experience with veggie dogs were Yves brand “hot dogs” that my mom bought. They reminded me of saw dust and pencil erasers. It was so long ago that I was still living with them. Grist did a blind taste test. My own conclusions: I’ll skip on the fake hot dogs. I’m not a big fan of fake meat to begin with.

• Green beans are in season? Wondering what to do with them? Here are 21 ideas from Cliqueclack Food.

• Ever wonder how Jelly Belly invents flavours?

• Top 10 Tips For Better Cupcakes. If you’re into cupcakes and don’t launch into rants about them like a friend of mine does.

• One of my favourite flavour combinations, 5 ways to combine chocolate and coffee

• Beer Linked to Psoriasis in Women

• Ice cream sandwiches get the chef treatment and I discover a connection to one of my favourite chefs.

• One of Huffington Posts many slideshows: Menu fail

• Coming soon to a dairy case near you? Camel Milk

• Oh Denny’s, I can feel my arteries clog as I read this. I occasionally eat junk but this is so bad it looks like a parody of junk. Denny’s New Fried Cheese Melt