• Elderly woman crashes car into Thousand Oaks’ Burger Express and hits deep fryer, burning a cook over 60% of his body. [LA Times]
• California-based Houston’s is defying New York’s calorie-listing laws and fighting the fines levied against their chains by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. [Crains]
• NASA engineers are exploring how to make meals for a mission to Mars, updating previous moon landing menus for new challenges and longer voyages. [Switched]
• A gathering of breast-feeding mothers stage a “Nurse-In” protest at a Central Florida Chick-fil-A restaurant after a manager requested one mom cover up earlier in the week. [Fox]
• Eating disorder experts are reporting an upswing in orthorexia nervosa, a disorder characterized by an obsession with healthy eating. [Guardian]
• Costco Opens its first store in Australia, in Melbourne. [Smart Company]
• The Cutting Board restaurant in Eureka, Montana has created a buzz with its “Bubba Burger,” now slinging over 150 of the beef, sausage, shrimp, and cheddar sandwiches every day. [Google/AP]
• Steve Smith-signed Panthers football jersey jacked in a break-in at a Lake Wylie, South Carolina BBQ restaurant. [Lake Wylie Pilot]