On tonight’s menu…

1. Are diet soda drinkers more depressed? New study says maybe (NY DAILY NEWS)
2. Starbucks reveals $1 reusable cup to curb trash (USA TODAY)
3. Designer for the Stars of the Restaurant Galaxy (NY TIMES)
4. China’s fast-food pioneer struggles to keep customers saying ‘YUM!’ (GUARDIAN)
5. London’s St John Hotel to Relaunch as a New Concept; Henderson and Gulliver OUT (EATER)
6. Yep, there’s a TV show devoted to bacon … (USA TODAY)
7. McDreamy Wins Bid to Buy Tully’s Coffee (SEATTLE TIMES)
8. Chicken Kiev followed by Arctic roll and a glass of something from the Soda Stream: How sales of 1970s food have soared thanks to our nostalgia for all things retro (DAILY MAIL)
9. A Snack Trend With Pop: Gourmet Popcorn Takes Over (TIME)
10. New Leader for Slow Food USA (NY TIMES)

On tonight’s menu…

1. Whoopi Goldberg Joins UK Cooking Reality Show (PEREZ HILTON)
2. Michelle Obama wins cookie contest (THE DAILY BEAST)
3. Top Ten Worst Food Fails (MIAMI NEW TIMES)
4. Chick-fil-A’s CEO Is Still Talking About ‘Biblical Families’ – VIDEO (EATER)
5. The Luxurious Homes of Five Food Industry Titans (CURBED)
6. Global Food Prices on the Rise, U.N. Says (NY TIMES)

On the menu…

1. Disney Criticized for Featuring Black Princess on Watermelon Candy Package (AFRO)
2. Oprah’s Love Sandwich in O Magazine’s First Food Issue (FIT PEREZ)
3. Brave Food Writer Tastes-Tests “Chewy” Pink Slimeburger (GOTHAMIST)
4. Chef Jamie Oliver calls Australian reporter a ‘b—-’ over weight gain question, report says (FOX NEWS)
5. N.C. waiter fired for publicizing Manning’s dining receipt (USA TODAY)
6. Dunkin’ Will Introduce Pork Donuts in China (FOOD BEAST)
7. George Washington McNugget eBay bidder chickens out of £5,000 deal (METRO)
8. Flavor Flav to Open House of Flavor in Las Vegas (LA TIMES)
9. Chinese state TV targets McDonald’s, Carrefour (BUSINESS WEEK)
10. Study Gives the Scoop on Ice Cream Addiction – VIDEO (NBC29)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. TV Chef Antony Worrall Thompson Sorry Over Cheese Theft from Tesco (THE SUN)
2. Caterer with mob ties gets cooked: Frank DiMattina faces 5 years (NY DAILY NEWS)
3. Heroin in a burrito allegedly smuggled by L.A. County deputy into courthouse jail (LA TIMES)
4. Prisoners Eat Better Than Students (IFOODTV)
5. Oregon prison food service official resigns; criminal charges considered (OREGON LIVE)
6. The Craziest Fast Food Crimes Of 2011 (THE STIR)

A baker’s dozen…

1. TV chef defends eating puppy meat (BELFAST TELEGRAPH)
2. Ex-’Top Chef: Just Desserts’ contestant indicted for child porn (MSNBC)
3. Trade, Jody Adams’s Globally Inspired Venture, Soft Opens (GRUB STREET)
4. Ferran Adria: Don’t Overlook High End Cuisine (LATINO FOX NEWS)
5. Five Things We Learned From Ferran Adrià’s Castro Theatre Talk (GRUB STREET)
6. Chef Bulli-ish on biz school: Harvard adding to recipe for culinary think tank (BOSTON HERALD)
7. Prominent chef declares bankruptcy (CRAIN’S)
8. Trash Talk with Sean Brock (TASTING TABLE)
9. American Airlines Collaborates With Chef Richard Sandoval and Chef Marcus Samuelsson to Enhance Inflight Dining Program (PR NEWSWIRE)
10. José Andrés to Open Resort Restaurant in Puerto Rico (EATER)
11. Raymond Blanc interview: ‘I want to show that France is still a country of innovation’ (TELEGRAPH)
12. Laurent Gras on Confidence, Discipline, and New York (EATER)
13. Chef Paul Bocuse Harks Back to His Youth (WALL STREET JOURNAL)