Weekly Media Mix: Hot Dog Chips; Sifton Reviews Roberta's; And Marky Mark Enters The Burger Biz
The Daily Byte's Weekly Media Mix rounds up the week's big food stories.
Restaurants
• Sam Sifton awards Roberta's in Bushwick, Brooklyn two stars. [NYT]
Products
• 7-Eleven debuts hot dog flavored potato chips. [Gothamist]
Entertainment
• Mark Wahlberg and his brothers will join the ranks of celebrities who own restaurants. The brothers announced they plan to open a burger restaurant called Walhburger in Hingham, Mass. [HuffPo]
Beef of the Week
• Anthony Bourdain and Paula Deen got into a war of words. [HuffPo]
Video
• Make hot dogs look like people with the Happy Hot Dog Man. [HuffPo]
Shame of the Week
• An Alaskan mother was convicted of child abuse for punishing her child by forcing him to drink hot sauce. [USAT]
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