• The rules of drinking: know what season it is, what time of day it is, and what it is you really want from your cocktail. [Stuff Boston]
• The Brookline Place Bertucci’s is closed for good, though the development’s New England Soup Factory doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. [Wicked Local
• A California grower has recalled over 1,000 cases of spinach after salmonella was found during routine testing. [LA Times]
• Somalia is facing its worst food crisis since the famine 18 years ago, thanks to a combination of drought and political instability. [AFP]
• A new study questions the idea that people turn to comfort foods in times of instability; showing instead that comforting foods tend to be eaten during comfortable times. [Science Daily]
• Organics purveyors in Britain are trying to find ways to revive recession-based flagging sales. [BBC]