• The viral video depicting the “Real Housewives of South Boston” has Southie natives wicked mad. Not all Southie residents spend their time pounding Budweisers from the neighborhood packie. [Herald]
• Good news for mushroom-foraging chefs (we’re looking at you, Chris Coombs!): Heavy rains have produced a bounty of ‘shrooms in the Northeast this season. [AP via Herald]
• It seems not everyone’s happy with the prospect of Boston bringing back happy hour. Namely bar owners. [Herald]
• Like French fries? Better thank all those convicts who are picking your potatoes. [WSJ]
• Stop the coffee presses: Starbucks has a new roast. [NRN]
• There’s a new Sesame Street cookbook and guess what it’s called? B Is for Baking. Aw …. [NJ.com]
• Domestic olive oil from California has gotten so good it’s challenging the supremacy of European products. [NYT]