• Danny Meyer is reportedly considering opening a Shake Shack on the Financial District’s Police Plaza. [Eater NY]
• One study says that increased foodie-ism, the rise of organics, and the Food Network were among the 50 things that changed our lives this decade. [AP]
• The head of Mayor Bloomberg’s Community Affairs unit is a former caterer and major food lover. [NYT]
• 2009 was the year that Southern Italian salumi ‘nduja went mass market, “making it the Lady Gaga of pork products.” [NYT]
• The owner of Leo’s Latticini has died. [NYDN]
• A Michigan man calmly ordered a coffee with a five-inch knife stuck in his chest. [NYT]
• A Queens man was arrested for attempting to smuggle sixteen live endangered fish in his suitcase on a trip back from Malaysia. [NYP]
