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In case you haven’t heard, Hostess Brands, maker of Twinkies snack cakes, is filing for bankruptcy.

“I would like to think that Hostess Brands is yielding to a societal emphasis on artisanal eating — and the attractiveness of better-quality goods made down the street. But I fear that the reason involves management, distribution and commodity costs.”

— Peter P. Greweling of the Culinary Institute of America, quoted by Glenn Collins in “Imagining a World Without Twinkies,” New York Times Diner’s Journal blog.