Quick Bites

This week, we're doing this in "Extra Extra" format:

• Another study released this week shows that what gave absinthe its reputation wasn't thujone, but its high alcohol content.
• New York magazine food critic Adam Platt travels to Japan to eat some fugu, the toxic fish that can kill a diner if not prepared properly. Here's a list of places in the States that serve fugu.
• Talk about ungrateful: an obese man in an Arkansas jail sued the county incarcerating him because he's lost 100 pounds on the jailhouse menu. Broderick Lloyd Laswell is now down to 308 pounds, from 413.
• The Hearty Boys are raising a fussy eater.