Breakfast Buffet: December, 12/17

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The holidays are a time for heavy drinking — especially when your loved one leaves you. Here’s what to drink under those crappy circumstances. [Intelligent Life]

Just another reason to stay away from LA. Its drinking water is now directly from toilet to tap. Actually, it’s a neat process (read: expensive) to make gray water and sewage drinkable and soon, it’s coming to a city near you. [Time]

A chili-cook-off made more complicated than it needs to be with the inclusion of a celebrity tester and young, avant-garde chefs. But it’s still chili and it’s still delicious. [Esquire]

Wine lovers rejoice! Well, those with money. The God of wine reviews — Robert Parker — has released the seventh edition of his Wine Buyer’s Guide. Parker fans might be disappointed as it is mostly written by other people. [NYT]