Sampler Platter: Persian food, BYOW, sports drink wars

June 9, 2009 3:14 PM PT

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Bring your own wine -- perhaps a French rosé? -- to Pasadena restaurants on Wednesday nights.

Sports drinks are the new frontier in the ongoing Coke (Powerade) versus Pepsi (Gatorade) battle. Advertising Age
On June 17, 26 Pasadena restaurants kick off their Bring Your Own Wine Wednesdays promotion. LAist
New York Times: ‘Persian Cooking Finds a Home in Los Angeles.’ More accurate: ‘New York Times Finds Persian Cuisine in Los Angeles.’
Three people missing, 20 hurt after explosion at a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina. Associated Press
European Union backs away from plan to ease rules on acceptable ways to produce rosé. No adding food dye to cheap champagne. New York Times

-- Elina Shatkin

é wines. Credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times