Amuse Bouche

News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week

• Something I don’t get either. The inexplicable rise of frozen yoghurt shops. Who eats this stuff?
• Oh my. I don’t know what to say. Chocolate Dessert Nachos. Is this an affront to chocolate, dessert, or nachos? But they might really be good.
• But then there is this. Bacon jello.  The apocalypse is nigh.
• But perhaps civilization is improving. We can now enjoy eau de pizza hut. Can Mcdonald’s fry-oil perfume be far behind?
• More evidence of the health benefits of coffee. This makes we very happy.
• When simple food is really, really good.
• This may be faint praise but here is a compilation of Huffington Post’s best food articles from 2012.
• As usual Matt Kramer is interesting, especially when debunking wine myths.
• Winemakers are the latest to figure out that when you call something “natural” everyone gets the warm fuzzies. Here is an article summarizing the debate over natural wines.
• Everything you need to know about dealing with a hangover, just in time for the holidays.