FYI: The More The Merrier

• The Rhode Island oyster industry is ever-growing, and farmers are out gathering oysters everyday. It’s worth it (a farmer can sell up to 10,000 oysters per day), but temperatures are low, low, low. [Boston Globe]

• Although Mormon culture doesn’t sanction drinking, a healthy brew pub scene has sprouted up in Utah. This is a good thing, if only because the world now has a beer named “Polygamy Porter” (tagline: “why stop at just one?”]. [NYT]

• A Mexican chef made the world’s biggest cheesecake this weekend. It won a Guinness World Record, but it should be noted that there has never been competition. [AP/San Francisco Chronicle]

• Ruh-roh! The latest salmonella peanut butter scare has already led to the recall of over 200 products. 2007 bore a similar outbreak, so there are some questions about why no lessons were learned. [Newsday]

• The confluence of the recession, an endless stream of food contamination stories, and the popularity of locavorism mean that more and more people are trying to grow their own food. [Chicago Tribune]

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FYI: The More The Merrier