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City Could Ban Outdoor Smoking at Restaurants; Colonel Sanders Impersonator Invades U.N.

• L.A. City Council members are considering a ban on outdoor smoking at nightclubs and restaurants. [L.A. Now]

• Westlake Village Inn is creating a vineyard in the former space of a gas station. [HotelsMag]

• The FDA is banning the sale of oysters that are imported from the Gulf of Mexico, unless they are treated for bacteria, which some diners say will rob them of taste. [DailyBreeze]

• A man dressed as Colonel Sanders managed to finagle his way into the U.N., where he then posed for a photo with General Assembly president Ali Treki. [Telegraph]

• Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals converted Natalie Portman to veganism. [HuffPo]

• Though Ad Hoc at Home is billed as Thomas Keller’s most accessible book yet, home cooks may still find it challenging. [WSJ]

• Playwright Paul Rudnick basically lives on sweets. [NYT]

• Meat companies are not happy about the “Meatless Mondays” recently instituted in Baltimore public school cafeterias. [The Atlantic Food]

• Food blogger Luisa Weiss of The Wednesday Chef has gotten a book deal. [Eat Me Daily]

• Pennsylvania police recently stumbled upon what they thought was a meth lab, but turned out to be a defunct wine-making operation. [NYP]

City Could Ban Outdoor Smoking at Restaurants; Colonel Sanders Impersonator