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‘Electronic Tongue’ Can Taste Wine; Labor Walkout at Central Park Boathouse

• Leave it to the country that brought us Ferran Adrià to create an “electronic tongue” designed to taste-test wine. [Singularity Hub]

• In the food world today, everyone’s a critic; here’s why that’s not so great. [More Intelligent Life/Economist]

• There are children in New York who have never eaten a hot dog. Good thing there are now froofy organic-hot-dog stands, so they can finally become real Americans. [NYT]

• The newly independent Wendy’s Co. is suing franchisees who haven’t installed the proper equipment for preparing the chain’s Dave’s Hot ’n Juicy cheeseburger. [NRN]

• An initiative in Rhode Island called Trace and Trust encourages communication between fishermen and chefs, like sending cell-phone pictures of the day’s catch. Cool. [NYT]

• Employees at Central Park Boathouse staged a strike yesterday over alleged labor violations. [Crain’s]

‘Electronic Tongue’ Can Taste Wine; Labor Walkout at Central Park