• Baldwin Park, the alleged birthplace of In-N-Out, has banned the construction of drive-thru eateries for the next nine months. [Wallet Pop]
• Mexican supermarket operator Chedraui purchased L.A.’s Fiesta Foods, with plans to add 34 stores by the end of the year. [Reuters]
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans new standards to ensure 100% virgin olive oil is not cut with canola and other, cheaper oils. [L.A. Times]
• Despite his Copenhagen restaurant being named the best in the world, Noma’s Rene Redzepi does much of his ingredient foraging himself. [NYT]
• Fast food is the most-advertised food during children’s television programming; in 2003 it was cereal. [LAT]
• Denise Portillo re-opened her Whittier restaurant Bella Cafe about nine months after burglars twice trashed her original location on Hadley St. [Whittier Daily News]
• Tony Hyde’s Sattdown Jamaican Grill in Studio City isn’t your typical restaurant from dun a yard. [L.A. Times]
• Sommeliers are increasingly taking surreptitious tastes of wine before pouring, in order to catch bad bottles. [NYT]
• The World Health Organization has set global limitations on the amount of melamine allowed in infant formula and other foods. [AP]
• The spread of Western-style fast food restaurants to Asia coincides with a massive uptick in diabetes cases in the region. [AFP]
