• Boston’s Parks & Recreation Department will formally ask legislators for permission to lease the Common’s Pink Palace to a restaurant tenant at a hearing tomorrow. [Herald]
• Despite his well-documented hatred of cupcake mania, Anthony Bourdain does enjoy a red velvet cupcake. [NYP]
• The writer of the Ruth Bourdain Twitter won’t reveal his/her identity, but admits to being a food writer in New York. [WSJ]
• Scientists believe they have figured out a way to make credible vegetarian chicken, long thought to be the hardest meat to replicate because of its unique texture. [Time]
• The inaugural New Orleans Oyster Festival this weekend was filled with nerves about the bivalve’s future. [NYT]
• The Obama administration hopes to overhaul the nation’s school lunch program. [CSM]
• Food trucks are huge in Tokyo right now, offering everything from Thai food to Tex-Mex. [WSJ]
• The makers of Sabra hummus plan to greatly expand their advertising this year. [NYT]