• More and more Americans are exploring gluten-free diets, partly because of the influence of celebrities. [USAT]
• Sharing and bartering collectives, like CSAs, are on the rise in New York. [NYT]
• Jennifer Rubell is not sure whether her temporary job as Eataly’s vegetable butcher is performance art or a day job. [NYP]
• The Food & Drug Administration will hold hearings on genetically modified salmon this week. [ABC]
• British animal-rights activists are angry about the country’s increasing use of halal meat, which, they say, is slaughtered in a way that causes needless pain. [NYP]
• A judge ruled Friday that Kid Rock and his entourage must pay $40,000 in damages from a 2007 fight at Waffle House. [NYP]
• A Cincinnati high school recently added baby carrots to its vending machines. [NYDN]
• Josh Ozersky thinks Five Guys is the most overrated burger in America. [Esquire]
