A collection of food stories from across the web.
• Questlove says food has always been important to The Roots. “In fact, when our third record came around, we asked our agency for only three things: A warehouse for jam sessions, new instruments and a chef.” [Forbes]
• Broomfield-based Noodles & Co. removes artificial ingredients from its main menu. [Nation’s Restaurant News]
• A restaurant in the United Kingdom served a Michelin reviewer a single snap pea topped with orange spice. “Don’t know whether to laugh or cry.” [Eater]
• Bud Light introduces the Bud-E Fridge, a 78-beer “smart home beer fridge” with accompanying iOS and Android app and countdown for when the beer “will reach the optimal serving temperature.” [Press Release]
• A Dunkin’ Donuts worker in Providence, R.I. wrote “#BlackLivesMatter” on a police officer’s coffee cup. [golocalprov.com]
• Coffee output needs to rise by 50 million bags in the next 10 years to avoid a global shortage. “We don’t know where this coffee will come from.” [Bloomberg]
• The renaissance of American brandy is being driven by producers like Copper & Kings. [Eater]
• “A new culinary scene has been born seemingly overnight” on San Francisco’s Market Street. [New York Times]
