• Jamba Juice has expanded into hot beverage offerings in the Chicago market. [Trib]
• The Chopsticks Club, a monthly Chinatown dinner series, aims to educate its participants about authentic Chinese food. [Trib]
• A Chicago woman is a finalist in PETA’s “Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door” contest. [NBC]
• Sales of kombucha tea are rising and proponents claim it can do everything from cure a hangover to increase T-cell counts. [NYT]
• Long maligned by serious mixology types, vodka is slowly getting back on the high-end cocktail radar, with even high-end bars like New York’s PDT now offering vodka drinks. [Serious Eats]