Daily Digest: January 9, 2014

Having trouble sticking to your New Year diet? A sugar addiction could be to blame. [NPR]

Countertops that "share" and "favorite." Bluetooth-enabled refrigerators. These and more prototypes for the kitchens of the future. [LAT]

Study: food companies have eliminated more than six trillion calories from their products. [USA Today]

A sushi mosaic, assembled from more 20,000 tuna and salmon nigiri, has set a new Guinness World Record. [Kasa.com]

The big ingredient in Iceland's new beer experiment? Whale. [Atlantic]

A new California law prohibits bare hands from touching food that will be served uncooked. [LA Weekly]

A D.C.–based sommelier has created a wine-and-beer mutant beverage. [NPR]