Amuse Bouche

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

• A complaint about pop music in restaurants. You’re bound to piss off someone. I guess he prefers elevator music—so you can piss off everyone.
• if you really must, here is a review of Taco Bell’s new Cool-Ranch Dorito Taco.
• Are the French making a comeback among hip foodies?
• A food as art event
• Why you should ignore that sell by date and let your canned goods age
• The past and future of Zinfandel
• The new food celebrity?—horsemeat.
• Do men and women make wine differently?
• Ruth Reichl predicts formal, fine dining will make a comeback.
• Exposing the food industry’s war on our health—and the culprit is? Wall St.