Food roundup for june 4

Here’s what was being written about today in the world of food and dining news:

The Japanese cola wars are beginning as Coke’s new green tea flavored soft drink will do battle with Pepsi’s new shiso flavored offering. Two will enter, only one will triumph.

Green Tea Coke takes on Pepsi Shiso in a fight to the death

Today’s installment of Cooking School Secrets ponders the question,”Will being a chef always mean being a hard ass?” Sure it does, just ask Paula Deen.

And, in news we desperately want to believe, Seattle Weekly’s Voracious reports that beer might actually hydrate you better than water. If this is true, you’d think more runners would be downing a lager during a blistering midday run.

Lastly, in case you didn’t get enough New Orleans culture in yesterdays article, Clean Plate Charlie’s bringing you a second helping from The Big Easy.