Amuse Bouche

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

• In case  you were curious, the McDonald’s McRib sandwich has 70 ingredients. You would think some of them must taste good. And here’s a review of the McRib Sandwich by fast-food critic Daym Drops.
• A restaurant critic’s ten most challenging dishes of the year. The spaghetti with creamed corn and spam looks divine.
• The real problem with genetically modified foods may not be health concerns; its the patents GMO companies own which are harming farmers and science.
• Food trends for 2013. Beet juice? Really?
• What the world needs. Edible burger wrappers.
• When cooks have too much imagination and too little experience the results can be downright ugly.
• The most popular meal on Christmas Day in Japan is—Kentucky Fried Chicken?
• Some cooking myths that deserve to be put to rest.
• Food companies are reducing the level of salt in their products, but quietly so no one will notice.
• Jamie Goode’s excellent article on the likely influence of global warming on vineyards around the world.
• Most of the innovations in the making of Champagne were made by women.