• Unreachable reservation lines and too much VIP schmoozing top John Mariani’s list of the seven deadly restaurateur sins. [Esquire]
• A man who claims to have found a condom in his French onion soup at an O.C. Claim Jumper will have his case in court next week. [LAist]
• Guy Fieri has a “Sarah Palin-like ability to reach Americans who feel left behind by the nation’s cultural (or, in his case, culinary) elite.” [NYT]
• An 89-mile area of Pasadena is being quarantined after the discovery of fruit flies. [L.A. Times]
• Food being served to L.A.’s incarcerated minors falls short of basic nutrition requirements. [L.A. Times]
• Cooking camps are popping up across the country to profit from a generation raised on the Food Network. [WSJ]
• More and more bartenders are taking jobs as ambassadors for liquor brands. [NYT]
• Denny’s new value menu includes a grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with mozzarella sticks. [Eater]
• Spurred by Man vs. Food, competitive eating is gaining a foothold in the United Kingdom. [Independent]
• It seems that artisanal popsicles could depose cupcakes as the nation’s trendiest sweet. [Columbian]
• A global food crisis like the one that occurred in 2007-8 could be on the horizon once again. [Time]
