• Students at LAUSD’s Foshay Learning Center can scan their fingerprints to buy food at their cafeteria, raising some concerns abut privacy. [CBN]
• A judge has waived an injunction against Private Chefs of Beverly Hills, allowing Food Network to show its second season despite a lawsuit filed by Beverly Hills-based caterers Private Chefs Inc. [The U.S. Daily]
• Next week, Continental Airlines will begin phasing out their complimentary in-flight meals, the last domestic airline to do so. [ABC]
• Newt Gingrich, who reports an income in the seven-figures, is leading a fight against food stamps. [Newsweek]
• Broker Ed Rosenthal held a conference at Clifton’s Cafeteria to share his survival story of being missing in Joshua Tree without food and water for six days. [KABC]
• Denise Portillo’s Whittier restaurant Bella Cafe recently added a new dinner menu, while Portillo herself won 2010 Culinary Woman of the Year from the National Latina Business Women Association, Los Angeles. [Pasadena Star News]
• Pop-up restaurants are a full-blown trend in London. [NYT]
• For the first time ever, last year Americans ate more frozen lasagna than homemade. [NBC]
• A Detroit-area restaurant dropped a suit against travel review site TripAdvisor.com for posting what they claimed was a false review alleging that the restaurant was a hangout for local prostitutes. [USAToday]