• Well, here’s a probable contributor to our national obesity problem: A survey shows 28 percent of Americans can’t cook. [HuffPo]
• An overweight White Castle fanatic is suing the chain for “discrimination against fat people” after the company denied his request to make booths larger. [NYP]
• Former Windows on the World chef Michael Lomonco remembers his narrow escape on September 11, 2001. [NYDN]
• From ceviches to anticuchos, Peruvian food may be the next big culinary trend. [WSJ]
• It’s been a rough ride for sharks, whose fins are so prized, but things are looking up for the predators after a flurry of recent legislation and activism. [NYT]
• Chefs be fryin’ … and in lieu of French fries, they’re serving weird stuff like battered cactus and asparagus. [NYP]
