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The Keg Remembered; Romney Samples Peasant Food

• “It wasn’t a place where you were going to get judged just because you were covered in blood,” one Northwestern student says in remembering The Keg, the Evanston tavern whose liquor license was revoked after years of trouble. The nostalgia is more understandable for some older alumni, at least, who recall it as a more upscale place in the 60s and 70s. [Daily Northwestern]

• Wealthy Mitt Romney is just like everyone else, and he proved it by eating at McDonald’s. [Note/ABC News]

• Last year’s drought has beef supplies down and prices up. [USAT]

• But don’t think you can just switch to lamb — sheep farmers are having trouble keeping up with demand. [Salt/NPR]

• TV producers are attempting to heal the longstanding Pakistan-India rift with a reality cooking show called Foodistan — unfortunately, it’s not really working. [AP via HuffPo]

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The Keg Remembered; Romney Samples Peasant Food