FYI: How Would You Like Your Squirrel Cooked?

• Squirrel meat appears to be all the rage in the UK. Britons are happily munching away at gray squirrels (a North American invasive species) in order to save their beloved red squirrels, which, we must agree, are much cuter. [NYT]

• A fire completely destroyed six restaurants near Fenway Park that were popular with Red Sox fans for a bite before and after games. [Boston Herald]

• Virginia lawmakers consider whether or not to ban smoking inside restaurants in the state. Fun fact: 67 percent of Virginia restaurants already ban smoking inside. [Washington Post]

• Did you know that “cochineal,” which shows up in lipstick and some foods, is actually a crushed bug? Yes, all this time you’ve been eating insects — they show up in the ingredients as “artificial color.” Yum! [Newsday]

• Five years after a maintenance employee died in a Tyson Foods plant, the company has to pay $500,000 for failing to protect its workers from hydrogen sulfide gas. [CNNMoney]

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FYI: How Would You Like Your Squirrel Cooked?