April Fools! A Roundup of Food-Related Fools' Day Materials From Around the Web

Categories: Food Oddities

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Deep End Dining
Happy April Fools' Day
-- In-N-Out toys with the hearts of New Yorkers. [Huffington Post]

-- Reports on a new bathroom truck to keep Kogi and Nom Nom company. [Thrillist]

-- Actual roach coach hits the streets. [Deep End Dining]

-- Starbucks announces two new drink sizes: The 128-ounce Plenta and the 2-ounce Micra. [Starbucks]

-- Ruth Reichl launches a new magazine, Gourmand, for "real people." [The Daily Feast]

-- Michelin fires inspectors, moves toward user-generated content. [Chow]

-- Stay-at-home mom arrested for feeding her kid soup made from a bouillon cube. [Chow]

-- San Francisco eaterie caters to hipsters with 12-course macaron dinner. [Hedonia]

-- Blogger tours across America in an Airstream trailer with avant-garde adaptations of street food. [Alinea at Home]

-- Lastly, our own version. In which Kobe Bryant sues the entire city of Kobe over naming rights to kobe beef. [Squid Ink]

Update! We couldn't resist:

-- McDonald's scraps composting program because food won't decompose [Grist]

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