• Boston officials are asking South Boston liquor stores to shut down an hour earlier on Sunday, the day of Southie’s big St. Patrick’s Day Parade, in an effort to curb drunken revelry. Somehow we don’t think it’ll work. [Globe]
• Coffee the Musical is coming soon to Broadway. We hear if you buy nine tickets you’ll get the tenth free. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• Pepsi might have plant-based bottles and old-timey cans, but data shows Diet Coke surpassed Pepsi sales in 2010, meaning Coke now holds the top two national soft-drink spots. [WSJ]
• MObama will pen a book about the White House garden and eating locally. Our suggested title: The Audacity of Eggplant. [WP via AP]
• We’ve been warning you about food prices going up, but according to this, they “skyrocketed” in February by 3.9 percent, the biggest one-month increase since 1974. [WBIR]
• Meet a pair of overly adorable 9-year-old chefs. Sheesh, if these toques get any younger, soon they’ll be cooking in the womb! [ABC News]
