• The French are moving away from long, lazy lunches to sandwiches eaten at their desks, and cafes in Paris are suffering. Naturally, this is really big news over there, lots of hand-wringing involved. [The Independent]
• And now fast food is making serious inroads in the Mediterranean, and the kids are getting much fatter because of it. [NYT]
• Hot oatmeal is the top seller among the new food items at Starbucks. It’s great news for the company since profit margins for the oatmeal are among the highest. Which is usually a good indication that it’s so cheap and easy you should be making it at home. [Reuters]
• Scandal in the food industry: it seems there may have been some price fixing among California tomato processors. [SFGate]
• Kolkata (aka Calcutta) in India has banned smoking in restaurants after October 2. [Times of India]
