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L.A. Pushes to Regulate Food Trucks; The McRib Finally Goes National

• Is L.A.’s push to regulate food trucks similarly to restaurants (much like they’ve been doing all along in S.F.) taking all the fun out of the fad? [NYT]

• Michael Bauer rediscovers Benihana in Japantown as “a happy place.” Quick-fingered commenter wescuewabbit (per usual) wholeheartedly agrees. [Between Meals/Scoop]

• Tyler Florence discusses his new book, Family Meal: Bringing People Together Never Tasted Better (though Amazon’s blog gets the title wrong). [Al Dente via Eater]

• A mini-review of Luma in Petaluma, “a cozy corner gathering spot.” [BiteClubEats]

• The ever elusive McRib is finally going to be available nationwide… but only for six weeks. [WSJ]

• Meet Aidan Stewart, the seven-year-old first ever Make-a-Wish-er to want to be a chef for a day. [WLKY]

• Because everyone’s afraid of a global food crisis, the price of corn is skyrocketing. [AP]

• An Australian anti-obesity ad compares junk food to heroin and shows a young kid getting ready to shoot up. [Herald Sun]

L.A. Pushes to Regulate Food Trucks; The McRib Finally Goes National