What We're Reading: December 29, 2014

Popping bottles in the ice, like a blizzard: a history of Champagne in hip hop. [FWF] 

The meat industry is pushing Congress to reverse a new country-of-origin labeling law. [Star Tribune] 

Get your almond butter now: California’s limited water supply may threaten future nut production. [NYT] 

MicroGreens, a new cooking initiative in Washington, D.C., aims to get kids to teach their parents healthy habits and recipes. [Civil Eats]

Class up your New Year’s Eve party with these recipes for canapés. [HuffPo] 

A literal rare treat: eating an endangered species in Honduras. [FoodBeast] 

Pizza tops the World Cup, chia seeds are the new kale, and everyone wants to know what the heck a Cronut is: Google reveals its food trends for 2014. [Google]