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Pop Torn: This week in cultural ambivalence

A razor clam

Tomato, Many Complementary Flavors from the restaurant Alinea

America, win the future (of cooking vegetables)!

Police arrest Kobayashi at hot dog contest

Mango snow ice

Loaves of pretzel bread.

The trendy drink that makes you gag

Live octopus? Extreme eating fans go for the gross

at Bloodhound SF, with Ryan Farr (4505 Meats) and Taylor Boetticher (Fatted Calf)

175 pount steer, grass-fed (of course), raised at Magruder Ranch in Mendocino County and aged 21 days after slaughter.

The flower that electrocutes your mouth

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006 file photo, a bighead carp, front, a species of the Asian carp, swims in a new exhibit that highlights plants and animals that eat or compete with Great Lakes native species, at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. Illinois environmental officials will dump a toxic chemical into a nearly 6-mile stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 to keep the voracious Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes while an electrical barrier is turned off for maintenance. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) (AP)

People wait for their food as others line up to place their orders at Kogi, a Korean BBQ-inspired taco truck, in Torrance, California, April 17, 2009. Kogi BBQ uses the online social networking site "Twitter" to alert followers to their location around the Los Angeles area and any other updates. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES BUSINESS FOOD DRINK) (Reuters)

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