• Singer Sarah McLachlan makes raw organic chocolate truffles at home for her band rehearsals. [L.A. Times]
• Baseball bat wielding thieves broke into the home of McDonald’s heir Geoffrey McDonald, beat him, and stole $376,000. [NYDN]
• Chef Masayoshi Takayama bought a $4.8 million four-bedroom home on New York’s Upper West Side. [Block Shopper Manhattan]
• A boycott against Arizona is damaging food producers in other states, like Roger’s Poultry in Orange County. [O.C. Register]
• Evan Kleiman lead a food panel during Dwell on Design, where speakers also discussed food trucks. [L.A. at Home/L.A. Times]
• L.A. Weekly’s Jonathan Gold and Squid Ink’s Amy Scattergood earned honorable mentions during Los Angeles Press Club’s 52nd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. [L.A. Weekly]
• Paty’s in Toluca Lake is turning 50 this month. [Daily News]
• The FDA wants to ban the use of antibiotics in livestock feed to prevent the rise of resistant bacteria. [NYT]
