Sampler Platter: squid cake, food bank, caterpillars & fast food

Feb. 3, 2009 5:58 PM PT

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Actual news for today’s Sampler Platter...

The most amazing giant squid-shaped cake you’ll see all day. Craft via Boing Boing
Ailing Texas food bank plants its own vegetable garden. Dallas Morning News
Caterpillars are the culprits in Liberian crop pest mystery. BBC
Customers mostly prefer regional or smaller national fast food chains to mega national brands such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Carl’s Jr. and Taco Bell, which didn’t even crack the top 10 of this survey. In-N-Out is No. 1. Independent Street via Consumerist

-- Elina Shatkin