The New York Daily News: The feds say pink slime (in meat shown above, right) - filler made from beef scraps and connective tissue - is safe and not all that prevalent. But the New York City schools are banning it all the same, following the example of McDonald's and Taco Bell. - Patrick Farrell YouTube.com: The McDonald's video that has gone viral across the world (spawning a boomlet of global "Big Mac attack" puns), showing an ugly St. Patrick's Day brawl outside the store on West 3rd Street near the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan - the third violent incident there in the last year. - Glenn Collins Vanity Fair: Rachel Maddow says her two favorite names are "Angostura and Peychaud." (For the cocktail-challenged, those of the names of the two most famous brands of bitters.) - Robert Simonson L.A. Weekly: A flip through the newly released Dictionary of American Regional English, which explores how different parts of the country have different names for sandwiches, cottage cheese and poached eggs. - Jeff Gordinier Wine Terroirs: Small World Dept: The photographer and writer Bertrand Celce visits a bar in Tokyo that specializes in French natural wines. - Eric Asimov Food Fight: All citizens should read this combination of Cliffs Notes and call to arms on the 2012 Farm Bill. - Julia Moskin Bloomberg Businessweek: Start practicing it: "Some Mohn-dah-LEEZ, please." That's the uncatchy mouthful of a name that Kraft has chosen for the global snack company it will spin off this year: Mondelez, an amalgam that suggests the world (monde, mundo) and flavor (delice, delicioso). Well, it beats two runners-up, Snax and Tfark. - Patrick Farrell Condé Nast Traveler: Baby eels. "Broken" eggs. Cockles with garlic. Roast suckling pig. Boquerones fritos. A slide show that tells you what to eat in Madrid - and some of the best places to find it. - Jeff Gordinier The Big Chair: A provocative rant from a wine retailer who's fed up with winemakers who seem to focus more on not-your-typical-chardonnay philosophies than on creating wines that taste good. - Jeff Gordinier Slate: A little slurp of wine for the kids? French children have been doing it for years. But now that binge-drinking among the young there is on the rise, the matter isn't quite so simple. - Patrick Farrell Reuters: The fizz continues to seep out of soda sales, as Americans turn to bottled waters, juices, teas and energy drinks. - Patrick Farrell Bloomberg Businessweek: Pepsico spent $17 million successfully lobbying against a "sin tax" that some 30 states wanted to impose on soft drinks, intended to improve residents" health and close budget gaps. The measures were defeated. Now - leveling charges of hypocrisy - some company employees are rebelling against a $50 per month tax the company is imposing on workers who smoke, or who have obesity-related problems. - Glenn Collins Chicago Reader: Was the Windy City slow in warming to the cocktail boom? And has it finally caught up to what has been happening on the coasts? - Jeff Gordinier Poetry Foundation: A Sara Ries poem about a cook who almost misses the birth of his daughter because he's busy frying up some fish. - Jeff Gordinier The New York Times: Dinner tables have long provided a setting for plays, but "The Big Meal," which just opened Off-Broadway, bites off a lot, using a restaurant repast to sum up the arc of life. The critic Christopher Isherwood finds the service a bit rushed. - Patrick Farrell