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Comely Cannibal Denied Parole; Spicy Curry Contest Leads to Hospital Visits

As we figured, Omaima Nelson, the former model who killed and cooked part of her husband, was denied parole yesterday, despite her protestations that she is “not a monster.” [LAT]

• Food truck operators like Roy Choi and Joe Kim, who have eventually gone the brick and mortar route, credit their food trucks as launching pads for their restaurants. [LAT]

• Be careful out there, spice lovers: A spicy-curry-eating contest in Scotland sent two contestants to the hospital. [STV]

• Paula Wolfert had no idea the Moroccan-food discussion group she started on Facebook would become one of the most active groups on the site. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]

• Ramen, as we keep telling you, is experiencing a bit of a Renaissance in L.A. right now. [LAT]

• Over 4,500 prisoners are still hunger striking in California, while similar hunger strikes are currently being undertaken by Palestinian inmates and seeing success for Bahrain prisoners, while a blogger in Egypt appears to be in a critical state after 43 days into his hunger strike. [BTLOnline]

• Get ready: Apples, pumpkin, farro, and kale will all have a moment this fall. [NRN]

• Evidently David Burke has a magazine. And a line of zero-calorie “flavor sprays.” Yikes. [Eater NY]

• Could petit fours be the new cupcake? Their onetime ubiquity suggests they’re the old cupcake, anyway. [WSJ]

Comely Cannibal Denied Parole; Spicy Curry Contest Leads to Hospital Visits