• Here’s a great solution to the horrors of industrial chicken farming: simply remove the birds’ cerebral cortexes, so they feel nothing! [HuffPo]
• New York bars are sick of hosting your birthday parties, particularly if you bring balloons, cake, and half-naked Brazilian dancers without even calling ahead. [NYP]
• Celebrity food trend alert: bringing one’s own grub to restaurants. A-Rod did it last week, and now Adriana Lima reportedly brought her own salad to Asia de Cuba in Miami. What’s the point? [Page Six/NYP]
• Binge eating is the eating disorder you don’t know very much about (but it wants recognition). [Your Life/USAT]
• Josh Ozersky really likes the Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook: “I would suggest that every household in America needs to own a cast-iron pan, even if you aren’t in the habit of making fried chicken, one of the many dishes for which it is absolutely indispensable.” Preach it, brother. [Time]
• Great news for baked potato and buffet lovers: Sizzler is making a comeback, in the Bay Area, anyway. [WSJ]
• The best move for locavores might just be to position themselves as job creators. [Salt/NPR]
