• As temperatures soar, Tasty Baking Co. is prepared to cut production to alleviate demand on overstressed power grids. [Inquirer]
• Fast food is the most-advertised food during children’s television programming; in 2003 it was cereal. [LAT]
• Sommeliers are increasingly taking surreptitious tastes of wine before pouring, in order to catch bad bottles. [NYT]
• Despite his Copenhagen restaurant being named the best in the world, Noma’s Rene Redzepi does much of his ingredient foraging himself. [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]
