Does New Jersey really want breakfast? Because first the scent of maple syrup was wafting through the air, and now it's pancake ingredients. CBS 2 reports that a fine layer of flour is covering Englewood, NJ after a silo pipe blew at the nearby La Esperanza Baking Co., releasing 500 pounds of flour into the air.
That White Powder Covering NJ Is Just 500 Pounds Of Flour
Pizza, Bagels Still More Expensive Despite Drop in Flour Cost
With the price of flour down so low that even PETA activists can afford to hurl the stuff at Lindsay Lohan, you might think bagel and pizza costs might drop a bit. But most pizzeria and bagel shop owners in NYC—who raised their prices earlier this year in response to skyrocketing flour cost—have not been passing the savings along to their customers. Vinny Camporeale, owner of the East Village pizzeria Vinny Vincenz, tells the Daily News, "Our rent goes up every year—customers aren't aware of that." Who knew!? Now Camporeale's "seriously thinking" about raising the price a third time this year, from $2.50 to $2.75. At least at Montague Street Bagels in Brooklyn Heights the bagel price has reverted to 90 cents, down from the summer price of $1. Assistant manager Preston Joseph declares, "It's the right thing to do. We're not con men." Hear that, Vinny, you rapacious pizza fleecer?

