• Beach reading? Prestley Blake, the co-founder of Massachusetts-based Friendly’s, has come out with a book titled A Friendly Life. [Fork Lift]
• Can borscht be cool again? Hard to say, but Gold brand soup is trying to make it so. [WSJ]
• OMG, stop everything: Justin Bieber has declared that he loves to barbecue! [HuffPo]
• Meredith publishing company has acquired EatingWell magazine and launched a site called Recipe.com. [AdAge]
• The U.K.’s most popular food? Not fish and chips, but rather, chicken tikka masala. [Calcutta Tube]