Weekly Media Mix: Eating Candy May Keep You Slimmer; Riskiest Restaurant Stocks; And Corn Prices Plummet

Every Friday, The Daily Byte's Weekly Media Mix rounds up some of the week's big food stories.

Politics
• New York City police officers begin ejecting food trucks from Midtown in accordance with a new regulation prohibiting vendors from parking in metered spaces. [NYT]
• The Chicago City Council will vote next week on a proposal to keep downtown patios and rooftop garden restaurants open an hour later during the week. [Tribune]

Restaurants
• Lovers of Chez Panisse can celebrate the restaurant's 40th anniversary next month for the cool price of $100K. [GS]
• Iconic Manhattan restaurant designer and architect Larry Bogdanow, 64, dies. [NYT]

Health
• A new study from the National Cancer Institute shows no correlation between cured meats and an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. [Reuters]
• Food & Nutrition Research publishes a study claiming that not eating candy may be more closely associated with weight gain in children than eating candy. [CBS]

Press
• The New York Times asks chefs to explore how fire affects the outcome of a dish. [NYT]

Products
• To commemorate the ending of their Paris 1906 menu at Next, Grant Achatz and his crew are releasing an interactive e-book about the experience. [Eater]

Industry
• Bankruptcy watch: 14 risky restaurant stocks. [Street]
• Corn prices drop after farmers planted one of the largest crops of the decade. [HuffPo]

Entertainment
• Train introduces their wine, which they named after their hit, 'Drops of Jupiter.' [HuffPo]
• Exploring the appeal and popularity of food-related television shows. [WSJ]

Shame of the Week
• Brown Coffee Co. reports increased sales in the midst of a scandal over posting a "homophobic" tweet last week. [Eater]

Video
• Two dogs dining in a busy, high-end restaurant. [YouTube]

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