• At the 12th World White Truffle of Alba Auction on Tuesday, the largest specimen weighed 900 grams and sold for $142,653; now some chef in Hong Kong will base a meal around it on Sunday — no pressure! [Scene Asia/WSJ]
• Yesterday, Dodger Andre Ethier helped donate over 52,000 pounds of food to The Union Rescue Mission. [SB Nation L.A.]
• NFL Player and Jessica Simpson beau Eric Johnson plans to start a chain of vegan fast food restaurants. [EIN News]
• Hermosa Beach’s Ragin Cajun restaurant is becoming a new restaurant called Upper Pier. [Hermosa Beach]
• That Pinches Tacos coming to Alabama next year is co-owned by Ty Taylor, who met the Anaya family while trying to act in L.A. [AL]
• So-called blue laws, which forbid or limit alcohol sales on Sundays, have been eroding over the last decade. [USAT]
• Food banks in Detroit are rationing handouts as demand for aid overtakes supply; a study suggests urban farming could be the solution. [Michigan Messenger]
• Experts at the International Food Policy Research Institute are warning that rising global food prices may precipitate a hunger crisis for the world’s poor, unless action is taken. [AFP]
• Some small farms would be exempt from regulations stipulated by a bill pending in the Senate that would increase the FDA’s ability to monitor for tainted foods. [AP]
