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DeNiro’s Waiter Jab Causes Bad Taste in Golden Globe Mouths; Food Banks Turn To Junk

• Robert DeNiro made a controversial joke about waiters at The Golden Globes being deported last night that drew gasps from the audience. [TMZ]

• Food banks are increasingly having to accept junk food to meet demand, despite it not being at the top of their “most wanted” lists. [NPR]

• An industry is forming to trick out food truck kitchens in an effort to accommodate the kind of cooking not envisioned by the people who installed them. [NY Times]

• It’s not just the now-underwater Drift Café affected by Brisbane’s flooding: Industry experts estimate that 200 restaurants and thousands of restaurant-industry employees have sustained financial losses. [Brisbane Times AU]

• Restaurants like Donatella and Pulino’s in New York, and Domino’s Pizza, are offering breakfast pies. In case you need the purpose of this spelled out, Donatella Arpaia named her egg-topped creation “the hangover pizza.” [NRN]

• Chains such as Walgreens, Target, and CVS are stocking more and more food, including ready-to-eat prepared items like salad and sushi. Yeah, we wouldn’t eat that if we were you. [NYT]

• Sri Lanka is the latest nation to suffer flooding, and it’s widely feared that decimated food crops will lead to higher prices. [FT]

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