A baker’s dozen…

1. ‘Arrested Development’ banana stand may not make it to Newport (LA TIMES)
2. How Goya Became One Of America’s Fastest-Growing Food Companies (FORBES)
3. New Cooking Show on Fox to Feature Children as Chefs (NY TIMES)
4. Rome’s ice-cream ‘mafia’: The family dynasty with a stranglehold on Italy’s street food (INDEPENDENT)
5. ‘Duck Dynasty’ Stars NOT IMPRESSED By Food at White House Dinner (TMZ)
6. Point Reyes Oyster Farm Gets Its Day in Court (KQED)
7. Number sickened in Vegas tapas restaurant outbreak rises to 200; source not determined (WASHINGTON POST)
8. Can Star Power Make New Orleans’ Food Desserts Bloom? (NPR)
9. Tunneling KFC to Gazans Craving the World Outside (NY TIMES)
10. Nate Appleman Talks Tofu at Chipotle (LA TIMES)
11. Workers Sue Russell Stover Candies for Overtime (ABC NEWS)
12. EU to Ban Olive Oil Jugs from Restaurants (TELEGRAPH)
13. Washington State Butcher Adds Weed in the Pig Feed (NPR)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources:

1. Clementine Biscotti with Pomegranate Syrup (HONEST COOKING)
2. Grandma’s Melt in Your Mouth Moroccan Meatballs with Celery (CHEWING THE FAT)
3. Bourbon Marinated Flank Steak (CHOW)
4. Tangerine, butter lettuce & goat cheese salad (LA TIMES)
5. Mango Margaritas (FOOD & WINE)
6. Orange-Tomato Couscous with Chicken (EATING WELL)
7. Fancy Tuna Melt (LEITE’S CULINARIA)
8. Fare Bistro’s French Onion Soup (THE STAR)
9. Banana Cream Pie Squares (FROM AWAY)
10. Loretta Lynn’s Gooey Cake (RANCH DRESSING WITH EARTHA KITSCH)

res·tau·rant [res-ter-uhnt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt] – noun an establishment where meals are served to customers…

1. Steak ‘n Shake server receives an over 7000% tip – VIDEO (YAHOO!)
2. Celebrities love their Oyster Bar: Celebrities from around the globe (including 007) have dined at the famed Grand Central eatery, which turned 100 (NY POST)
3. Restaurant gives up foie gras fight (DAILY PILOT)
4. SPAGO BOOM! Busted Skylight Panel Drops Glass On Lunch (TMZ)
5. 200 sickened after dining at Vegas restaurant (YAHOO!)
6. Restaurant menu psychology: tricks to make us order more (GUARDIAN)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food? If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. Paris’ Literary Cafes (HELLO MAGAZINE)
2. The Korean Stew that Mash Made (WASHINGTON POST)
3. Twists & Turns Along a Kentucky Doughnut Trail (NY TIMES)
4. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Episode 1 (CNN)
5. In Morocco, Eating is the Spice of Life (CNN)
6. The Best Breakfasts Around the World (CNN)
7. Signs of the Times at Mexico City’s Mercado de Jamaica (MEXICO COOKS)
8. Food Adventure in Moscow (FOOD ARTS)
9. Visit Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard (THE DAILY MEAL)
10. Travel, order, eat: 15 best dishes abroad (CNN)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Rat meat sold as lamb in latest China food scandal (YAHOO!)
2. Man Sues Airline Over Soda Spat (GMA)
3. Starving Settlers in Jamestown Colony Resorted to Eating a Child (SMITHSONIAN MAG)
4. Hitler’s Food Taster Tells of Poisoning Fears (CBS NEWS)
5. Suspect’s To-Do List Included Pepsi & Coke (THE SMOKING GUN)
6. Florida Restaurant Offering Lion Meat Tacos (ABC NEWS)