• Leave it to the country that brought us Ferran Adrià to create an “electronic tongue” designed to taste test wine. [Singularity Hub]
• In the food world today, everyone’s a critic; here’s why that’s not so great. [More Intelligent Life/Economist]
• The newly independent Wendy’s Co. is suing franchisees who haven’t installed the proper equipment for preparing the chain’s Dave’s Hot ’n Juicy cheeseburger. [NRN]
• An initiative in Rhode Island called Trace and Trust encourages communication between fisherman and chefs, like sending cell-phone pictures of the day’s catch. Cool. [NYT]
• More than half of televised advertisements for food and drink are directed at kids twelve and under. [Seattle Times]
• 9,450 restaurants closed in the U.S. from April 2010 to March 2011. [LAT]
