Assorted links

1. Ezra Klein's new food column.

2. Washington Post markets in everything?  The paper has yet to respond, so do be aware there may be another side to this story. 

3. Why WalMart caved.

4. 1959.

5. The Kissing Experiment (2009).

6. The end of free banking in contemporary China.

7. California: The Haves and Have-Nots.