• Some major food companies are warning that the U.S. could “virtually run out of sugar” if import restrictions aren’t eased. [WSJ]
• A semi-tractor trailer in Gonzales, California was smashed into by an Amtrak train on Tuesday causing a loss of $10,000 worth of tomatoes. [UPI]
• Former Knicks/Celtics coach and current University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitinio admits to past infidelity in a restaurant’s bathroom. [AJC]
• Georgia police are looking for a bank robber who wore a black chef’s uniform during his crimes. [WSB Radio]
• After much work on reduction, lead levels in the White House garden are now astonishingly low. [NYT]
• Food companies like Tyson and General Mills are concerned that they may end up paying a lion’s share of the cost for climate-change legislation. [WSJ]
• Get ready for farm-to-bar cocktails as more bartenders start growing their own ingredients. [Gourmet]
• The increase in home cooking has lead to a surge of popularity for cooking classes. [WSJ]
