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What Causes Brain Freeze; Frank Sinatra Drank Bolla Soave and Jack

• At long last, the scientific explanation behind brain freeze. [Food Republic]

• The running of the bulls in Pamplona is a big culinary event for some, who enjoy paella made with “love.” [Reuters]

• “If Bolla Soave wasn’t on the wine list, Frank [Sinatra] wasn’t sitting at the table.” Ol’ Blue Eyes also liked his Jack Daniels. [On Wine/WSJ]

• This coming Sunday, Carl’s Jr. will celebrate 70 years. Founder Carl Karcher started out with a hot dog stand in South Central and last year the company made $1.3 billion. [Business Wire]

• A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine counters the theory that access to better foods helps improve people’s diets. Grocery stores have the same junk and better food costs more, the argument goes. [LAT]

• It’s the potato chips that are making everyone fat, argues one study in the New England Journal of Medicine. [Florida Today]

• Starbucks has rolled out some kind-of-okay-looking low-calorie meals called “Bistro Boxes.” There’s a sesame noodles box and a chicken wrap box. [USAT]

• “At least five, and possibly six, of the eight species of tuna are at risk of extinction, largely because of overfishing.” The good news is some of these species are quite resilient. [HuffPo]

What Causes Brain Freeze; Frank Sinatra Drank Bolla Soave and Jack