• Today in global food aid: North Korea needs $503 million of it. [Reuters]
• Slow Food Nation is the perfect hybrid of Democrat and Republican ideals. [SFChron]
• Cinnamon prevents food spoilage! Neat! [NYT]
• RIP Raymond L. Danner, Sr., businessman behind the Shoney’s restaurant chain. [AP/IHT]
• A roundup of victims of the “grocery shrink ray” (coinage, btw, by Consumerist) [AP/IHT]