Guilty pleasures…

1. Nicolas Cage awoken by naked man with Fudgesicle (REUTERS)
2. Publisher Really Burns Chefs’ Cookies (COURTHOUSE NEWS)
3. Man will not kill wife for not cooking egg: Bombay HC (BHASKAR)
4. The Death Penalty’s Last Meal of Troy Davis (THE FASTER TIMES)
5. Midwest Farmers Are on Alert Against Pig Thieves (NY TIMES)
6. Four busted for lobster felonies (KEYS NET)
7. Slapped over less salt in food, man slit employer’s throat (INDIAN EXPRESS)
8. Man who nailed bacon to mosque door walks free (SHIELDS GAZETTE)
9. Homeowner finds burglar frying bacon in kitchen (BDT ONLINE)
10. Man Sues White Castle Because He Can’t Fit In Seats (FIT PEREZ)
11. Men Smirk, Eat Candy While Receiving Sentence (NBC NEWS)
12. Man Calls 911 After Walking Up To Drive-Through, Denied Food (WFTV)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Panda Express restaurant sued by feds (MERCURY NEWS)
2. Chef attacks staff after AA Gill brands meal ‘disgusting’ (TELEGRAPH)
3. Dinner Debate Turns Into Basil Attack (NBC MIAMI)
4. Drug dealer told police he was chocolate salesman (BURNLEY EXPRESS)
5. Breastaurant Waitress Arrested for Skimming Customer Credit Cards (ZAGAT)
6. Celebrity Chef Tyler Florence Sued Over Baby Food (FOODISTA)
7. Men try to hide lobster in underwear in porta-potty (KEYSNET)
8. Man Crashes Truck Into Waffle House Trying to Kill His Wife (EATER)
9. Mobile, Alabama Chef Wesley True Charges For Stolen Soap (EATER)
10. Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Creepy Employee Handcuffs Himself to Fellow Employee Who Spurned Advances! (OC WEEKLY)
11. Food Network Suing Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (GOTHAMIST)
12. Gerard Butler sued by former restaurant employees (NY POST)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. World’s largest E coli outbreak kills 14 in Germany: More than 300 seriously ill in Germany as E coli virus spreads to other northern European countries (GUARDIAN)
2. Illegal harvests of wild garlic create black market (OTTAWA CITIZEN)
3. Oscar Mayer lunchmeat nearly fat free? No: lawsuit (REUTERS)
4. Ice Cold Thieves Make Off with Ice Cream Maker (KATC)
5. Thieves Steal Salumeria Rosi Bikes During Film Shoot (EATER)
6. Sales staff snorted salt not drugs? (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
7. Woman Beaten Over Runny Eggs (WHPTV)
8. Miami’s Curd Cowboys: Is Cheese the New Cocaine (MIAMI NEW TIMES)
9. Woman Threatens Dairy Queen Employees with a Grenade (MY FOX PHOENIX)
10. Marmite Smuggling Denmark’s New Crime (SCOOP)
11. Special team to battle food crime (PEOPLE’S DAILY)
12. Arrested driver’s face covered in chocolate – VIDEO (WKYC)

À la carte…

1. Iconic Wienermobile Hops on Food Truck Trend (FOOD PRODUCT DESIGN)
2. Artistry on wheels: Designing food trucks (SEATTLE TIMES)
3. Mark Zuckerberg is only eating meat he kills with his own hands and/or knife (SF GATE)
4. Obama Hosts the Queen Over Beef & Lobster Ravioli (USA TODAY)
5. What’s the World’s Worst “Luxury” Food? (CHOW)
6. The Delights of Vegetable Couture (STUFF)
7. Gordon Ramsay’s Father-in-Law Loses Privacy Bid (DAILY MAIL)
8. Best Practices from The French Laundry Garden (SMART BLOGS)
9. Analysts weigh in on California Pizza Kitchen buyout (NRN)
10. Tiny People’s Wonderful World of Food (MY MODERN MET)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Raw Deal: Feds’ sting of a humble Amish farmer for the heinous crime of selling raw milk (INVESTORS.COM)
2. 16 Restaurants Caught Selling Wild Animals (TUOITRE NEWS)
3. From prison kitchen to Food Network (KALMAZOO NEWS)
4. Restaurant owners accused of trying to kill competitor (FREEP)
5. Thieves Prey on Starbucks Customers (SLASH FOOD)
6. McRage: Why is there so much violent crime at fast-food restaurants? (SLATE)