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Friendly’s Founder Pens Memoir; Borscht Reclaims Its Cool

• 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]

Friendly’s Founder Pens Memoir; Borscht Reclaims Its Cool