Monday, December 17, 2007
Strange News from the Food Front (12/17/07)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- Auction Action The first liquor auction since Prohibition happened in New York, and one 81-year-old bottle of scotch went for $54,000. (AP)
- Chicago Considers Banning Chicken Racket Nope, it's not about some organized criminal gang committing fowl play. The city considers banning pet chickens. (AP)
- Quiet Dinner Spot An Indian restaurant is built atop a graveyard, and the tables sit among the graves. (AP)
- Dog East Contest Pies A Bichon Frise got into the collection of pies for the World Pie Eating Championship and proved itself a match for any human, eating them all. (UPI)
