• An appeals court will hear a challenge to Massachusetts’ strict wine laws, which limit out-of-state wineries’ ability to ship to Commonwealth customers. [Globe]
• Over half a million pounds of Fairbank Farms ground beef have been recalled from New England supermarkets. [Herald]
• Foreign food is ultra-popular in China right now with over 5,000 Western restaurants in Beijing alone. [ABC News]
• Nation’s Restaurant News will go bi-weekly next year, rather than its current weekly schedule. [Food Writer’s Diary]
• Padma Lakshmi will appear on 30 Rock on November 12. [Eater National]
• A New Hampshire restaurant has set a world record with a 222.5 pound meatball. [NYDN]
• Former Gourmet staffer Francis Lam has been tapped to head Salon’s forthcoming food site. [Eater National]