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· The Cookbook Stall at Reading Terminal Market is in the current issue of Saveur on the list of cookbook stores around the world that the magazine calls “founts of culinary inspiration.” [PhillyBurbs]
· PW/Foobooz contributing editor Kirsten Henri was on the Food Network Sunday night judging Philadelphia pretzels: Bobby Flay vs. the Best of Philly winner. “A true Philadelphian would NEVER EVER sully a pretzel with cheese sauce,” says she… wrongly. “We clothe our pretzels in mustard and mustard only. You want to argue about what type of mustard, fine, but not cheese. Never cheese. I’m a purist.” [Foobooz/WillDo]
· Dr. Dan Negoianu and Dr. Stanley Goldfarb of the Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division at the University of Pennsylvania say that there is no evidence for the benefits of drinking eight glasses of water a day for the average individual. Then again, we bet they’ve never subsisted on nothing but Sparks and pizza for 4 straight days, either. [DailyMail]