• Yesterday L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich advised that conflicts of interest would likely invalidate any LAX contracts awarded to either HMS Host and SSP America. [L.A. Times]
• BLD pastry chef Mariah Swan has fond memories of milkshakes at Bob’s Big Boy in Glendale. [NY Times]
• L.A.’s new restaurant concept The Test Kitchen has chefs feeling liberated to cook items that wouldn’t normally be on their menus. [L.A. Times]
• Trials using psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, has demonstrated improved effects on the treatment of terminal cancer patients. [The Atlantic]
• Rodney King is marrying one of the jurors who helped award him millions in damages, years after the two met in a pizza restaurant. [Daily Mail UK]
• With restaurants rolling out substantial snacks, the line between snacks and meals is increasingly blurred. [WSJ]
• Burger King is going after McDonald’s morning business by launching a vastly expanded breakfast menu. [USA Today]
• Generic store-brand foods are cheaper than name brands and, for some foods like hot dogs and orange juice, just as good. [PR Newswire]
