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TV Hosts Dabble in Cannibalism; Wintertime Makes Us Hungrier

• In a display of (literal) poor taste, two Dutch TV hosts proceeded to have small parts of muscle surgically removed and then eat one another’s flesh. [HuffPo UK]

• If you feel like you’re hungrier in the winter, you’re not alone: Research suggests there may be a primitive urge to stockpile calories when the days are shorter. [NPR]

• Those healthy MyPlate guidelines? Turns out the average American eats that way just seven days a year. [NYDN]

• Two ne’er-do-wells were caught trying to smuggle butter from Sweden to sell at a profit in butter-starved Norway. [NYDN]

• Many small businesses and restaurants around the city feel that Health Department inspectors are fickle and arbitrary in who they fine for what. [Crain’s]

TV Hosts Dabble in Cannibalism; Wintertime Makes Us Hungrier