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Mouse-Wielding Food Terrorist Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation; Coconut Oil Is the Natural-Foods World’s New Darling

• Planting mice in competitors’ pizza shops is crazy. That’s why a judge has ordered pizza maker turned food terrorist Nick Galiatsatos to undergo psychiatric evaluation. [Action News]

• Chester County has a sweet solution for icy roads. It’s a mixture of mashed sugar beet skins and salt. [KYW Newsradio]

• Remember how Christina Hendricksdivulged to usthat she almost went onTop Chef Masters, but the scheduling didn’t work out? Well, now she and husband Geoffrey Arend seem to have found a time: word is they recently taped a sixties-themed episode. [Inside TV/EW]

• Once vilified, coconut oil has become the “darling of the natural-foods world,” write Melissa Clark. [NYT]

• The USDA’s new dietary guidelines tell us to eat more fish, but golly, it’s hard to keep track of which are sustainable. [WSJ]

• In case you haven’t noticed, urban wineries are a trend. Here’s some history on that and some thoughts on why it’s happening. [Eater]

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