Sampler Platter: Inhalable chocolate, raccoon barbecue and deep-dish pizza

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• Inhalable chocolate: Art project, hoax or humanity’s greatest invention? FOX News
• Chicagoans miffed, angered, brokenhearted that Obama orders a deep-dish pizza from St. Louis. Chicago Tribune
• In a quick over-the-weekend sleight-of-hand, the Groundwork outpost in the arts district of downtown L.A. closed and re-emerged as the Novel Café. Downtown News
• Man stabbed after he allegedly wouldn’t cough up $5 for beer run. Philadelphia Inquirer
• Although Democratic Rep. Jimmy Naifeh’s 18-year stint as speaker of the Tennessee House is over, his annual raccoon barbecue, the Coon Supper, will continue. Phew. WHNT
• Burger King will scrap a controversial ad for the Texican Whopper, a Whopper topped with chili con carne, jalapeños and spicy mayo that’s being sold in Europe. The ads, which Mexico had protested, feature a short Mexican luchador draped in his country’s flag. Reuters
• Hugo Molina (Parkway Grill) once again steps behind the stove with Seta, a ‘New American’ restaurant that’s ‘part steakhouse, part Latin, part Asian and all Hugo.’ Zagat
• Fullerton-based chain the Flame Broiler will replace Wienerschnitzel‎ and Steak Escape at the Crossroads in Irvine. Stick A Fork In It

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