• Though Easter is still months away, North Philly’s Zitner Candy Corp. is in full production mode, cranking out chocolate eggs ahead of the holiday. [Inquirer]
• The president of the public-school cafeteria workers union, Local 634, blames a lack of cleaning supplies for the overwhelming number of failed health inspections at city schools. [Daily News]
• Hot off the success of their spaghetti taco story, the Times asked readers to submit photos of their own strange food mash-ups. No chefs had better get any ideas. [NYT/Diner’s Journal]
• Bakers in Krakow are pushing the EU to designate the obwarzanek krakowski as a regional specialty. Thing is, they seem a lot like bagels. [WSJ]
• Agriculture experts are meeting in Des Moines this week to discuss the problem of world hunger. The guy from Man v. Food isn’t expected to attend. [AP]
• While prepping breakfast, a chef in the UK found a perfectly round egg, which he now plans to keep indefinitely. [Daily Mail]
• The USDA is giving $2 million to food behavior scientists so they can figure out how to trick kids into choosing healthier lunch options. [AP]
