• Eva Longoria is being sued by two of her former partners in Beso Las Vegas for allegedly pushing them out of their ownership stake. [Las Vegas Sun]
• The Mayor of Hawthorne was charged with stealing a commercial food mixer, allegedly because he needed more dough for his pizza oven at home. [L.A. Times]
• Gordon Ramsay and Daniel Boulud are among eleven chefs who will spend a night this fall cooking on the London Eye. [Bloomberg]
• Authorities intercepted a crate of mangoes infested with fruit flies last week. [Mercury News]
• The slow economy has lead to an uptick in sales for home-made preserves and jellies. [L.A. Times]
• Little Tokyo’s Kyoto Grand Hotel and Garden defaulted on a $33.6 million loan following the recent shutter of its Thousand Cranes restaurant. [L.A. Times]
• Papa John’s is the new official pizza of the NFL, beating out Domino’s and Pizza Hut. [NYDN]
• Researchers are working to develop a low-allergy peanut. [Wellness/Time]
• Classic cocktail tome The Hour has just been re-released. [NYT]
• The season’s first barrel of Dutch herring sold for 58,000 Euros at an auction in The Hague. [AP]