• Boston chefs, like current Hell’s Kitchen contestants Jason Santos and Benjamin Knack, are finding a home on reality television. [Globe]
• A federal panel appointed to help set the nation’s dietary guidelines recommends less salt and saturated fat, and more vegetables and home cooking. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• Americans are eating more hummus than ever before, but seem to vastly prefer the flavored varieties. [NYT
• Flavored shaved ice is the dessert du jour at restaurants and shops across the country. [NYT]
• Lisa “Hungry Girl” Lillien will have her own show on the Cooking Channel. [Hungry Girl via Eater]
• 85 percent of children’s drinks contain so much lead that they may exceed federal limits, finds a new study. [NYDN]
