• Good news: The amount of trans fats Americans consume dropped by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009. [Your Life/USAT]
• A mysterious case of food poisoning afflicted 700 people who attended a political rally in Mexico. Could it be a case of sabotacos? [CNN]
• Sang Yoon describes why “braising isn’t boring” in a special cooking class for The Times. [LAT]
• A Spanish mother and daughter on their way to Austria were caught at LAX with ten pounds of cocaine hidden inside of packages of chocolate syrup and salad dressing. [NBC]
• New mom Beyonce is out of confinement after having her daughter, hanging at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club, among other spots. [NYP]
• Aries want meat, Libras like buzzy new eateries, and other things astrological signs say about restaurant tastes. [HuffPo]
• People will downsize their restaurant portions if the server offers them the option; maybe soon we’ll be able to say “under-size me”? [Salt/NPR]
• Larry Guidi, the former mayor of Hawthorne, has been sentenced to one year’s probation and 100 hours of community service for stealing a commercial food mixer. [CBS]
• A Long Island caterer is accused of preparing Kosher and non-Kosher meals in the same kitchen, which is strictly forbidden under Jewish dietary law. Oy. [ABC News]
