• Employees of a Seal Beach Starbucks were forced at gunpoint to get on the floor while a man robbed the cash register. [Press Telegram]
• Bill Clinton approves of Michelle Obama’s efforts to reduce childhood obesity. [NYDN]
• Tacos have become a global food “as ever present as the hamburger,” says Professor Jeffrey Pilcher. [L.A. Taco]
• L.A. lawmakers are increasingly turning their attention towards the connected issues of obesity and hunger. [L.A. Times]
• Rumor has it that Jay McInerney will be the Wall Street Journal’s new wine columnist. [Ray Isle/Twitter via Eater]
• Scripps will launch Food Network spin-off The Cooking Channel on Memorial Day. [NYT]
• IHOP will celebrate National Pancake Day next Tuesday by giving out free flapjacks. [Good Bite]
• A Tokyo noodle shop sells a $122 bowl of ramen. [Big Pond]