• Some dude fired a gun, possibly without a target, at The Whole Foods Venice parking lot at around 6:30 P.M., prime kale-shopping time. Um, is it getting “real” around here yet? [LAT]
• The CDC informs us that binge drinking is far more prevalent than previously suspected, and they even have some colorful charts to illustrate their points. [CDC]
• Starry Kitchen owner Nguyen Tran takes to the streets for tacos carnitas at KTown’s Romero’s and suadero bobbing in a bath with chorizo at the excellent La Guera taco stand in East L.A. [L.A. Taco]
• The owners of New York’s Inwood-born Dominican restaurant, Mamajuana, are considering expansion, with L.A. one of the hopeful destinations. [NY Daily News]
• New research shows that if your rugrats are bouncing off the walls with ADHD, they may simply need a healthier diet. [NYDN]
• It’s not enough just to love food anymore, now people have to declare their favorite parts of food, like the marshmallows in Lucky Charms or Oreo middles. [WSJ]
• Champagne’s been doing it for years, and now Prosecco is the latest kind of bubbly to get all uppity about its pedigree. [NYT]
• Despite gross findings about fungicide in orange juice, futures on the product are surging. Or maybe because of this … ? We don’t know — this is a food blog, not a finance blog. [Money Box/Slate]
• Stop the coffee presses, Starbucks has two new blond roasts. Finally, we can answer the question: Do blonds have more caffeine? [NRN]
