• Anthony Myint has been slowly redecorating Lung Shan/Mission Chinese Food, and he’s raising money to buy a 60-foot long Chinese New Year dragon for the ceiling. [SFoodie]
• A tech startup in Austin, TX has raised over $2 million to launch TabbedOut, a smartphone app that lets bar and restaurant patrons open and close tabs without having to interact with the bartender or server. [Austin Statesman]
• In re: fast food going local. Super Duper anyone? [Civil Eats]
• And P.S., that Happy Meal toy ban heads to the Board of Supervisors today. [SF Weekly]
• The UK Health Secretary has apologized to Jamie Oliver for dismissing his healthy-eating activism as “rubbish.” [Guardian]
• Over 100 inmates in Iowa jails are receiving food stamps, even though by virtue of being in prison they don’t qualify for the assistance. [Chicago Tribune]
• A long, wet summer in Korea has raised prices of Chinese cabbage from $2 to $10, skyrocketing the prices of kimchi. [FT]
• A Federal Appeals Court has overturned the state of Ohio’s ban on identifying RBGH-free milk as such; the case seems likely to go to the Supreme Court. [The Atlantic]
• It turns out the most effective way to clean produce is with a vinegar rinse followed by tap water. [NYT]
