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Boston Restaurants Use This Thing Called Four Square; Dutch Scientist Recommends Eating Bugs

• So there’s this thing called Four Square, and Boston restaurants offer discounts through it. Cheap food, people! [CBS Local]

• Boston’s influx of foreign students keeps pumping up the local economy. [Herald]

• In the face of a global food crisis, one Dutch scientist recommends we all develop a taste for nutritious green bugs. Meanwhile, American children are preparing to go on strike. [BBC]

• It seems the 20-ounce “venti” just isn’t big enough for some Starbucks customers; today, the chain is rolling out its 30-ounce “trenta” size, beginning in thirteen Southern states. [USAT]

• Sluggishness and memory problems might be related to a deficiency of vitamin B-12, found in fish, beef, and dairy products. [WSJ]

• Gluten-free diets are increasingly touted as weight-loss regimens, but that’s actually not such a hot idea. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

• With skyrocketing food prices, the U.N.’s World Food Programme has found itself $3 billion short. [AP]

Boston Restaurants Use This Thing Called Four Square; Dutch Scientist Recommends