It’s the afternoon, and you deserve a break. Sit back, pour yourself a glass, and enjoy these food stories from around the Internet.
The Links
Junk food: it's bad for you, leads to health problems, don't eat it, blah, blah, blah... we've heard it all before. And yet the bad news continues, because the effects of a poor diet are more dire than you might think: a new study suggests that cognitive impairment sets in after only six days of eating too much sugar and fat. Worse still, the damage isn't reversed when you return to a healthy diet. Eat junk and there's no going back. [Grub Street]
Brooklyn's first Whole Foods opened today, and you'd think the Beatles were playing on the roof: hordes of foodies have descended on the place. We can only imagine a stampede of shoppers decimating the produce section. [Gawker]
Turns out all our favorite retro graphic-design aesthetics have been shunted into the wild, wonderful world of eggnog cartons. Just look at these nogs! They speak of simpler times and simpler pleasures. (Then find the best eggnog you can buy at the grocery store here.) [Huffington Post]
Are limited-edition beers just a scam? In the Guardian, Tony Naylor theorizes that small-batch beer is just a ploy for brewers to raise prices. The comments section contains plenty of spirited Brits arguing about booze—it's the next best thing to being in a pub. [The Guardian]
The Drinks
Looking at all the nice nog cartons has given us a real hankering for the real thing.
