• Life for people with food allergies is getting easier and easier, thanks to increased awareness. Meanwhile, life for everyone else is getting harder: no peanuts? [WSJ]
• Snacking has become a breakfast-time pursuit, or so food manufacturers would have you think. [WP]
• Italy's latest wine region is red-hot: The area around Sicily's Mount Etna volcano. [NYT]
• Restaurant chains like Ruth's Chris Steakhouse are refocusing their energy on beverages. Cocktail-culture trickledown? [NRN]
• It's hard knocks as an aspiring NYC dancer — most work four or more jobs to get by. In fact, your server is probably a ballerina (hint: check out their thighs to be sure). [Crain's]
