• After running out on her bill, a suburban woman was arrested when she tried to attack a police officer with “a rigid feminine pleasure device.” [UPI]
• The soda jerk has nothing on the new Coke machines, which allow customers to pick one of 106 different flavors. Select Cosi locations already have them. [Sun-Times]
• A new species of lizard has been identified — after scientists saw it on restaurant menus in Vietnam. [Independent]
• San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom will veto the city’s move to ban most Happy Meals. [CNN]
• At high-end restaurants in Asia, butter is the hot new condiment. [WSJ]
• More family drama for Gordon Ramsay: his father-in-law is suing him for 2 million pounds after the famously hot-tempered chef fired him as CEO of Gordon Ramsay Holdings last month. [Daily Mail]
• On the plus side, Gordo will be opening his first restaurant in Canada, and it will be in Montreal. [Toronto Star]
• The New England Confectionary Co., the 163-year-old company that makes NECCO wafers and those Valentine’s Day conversation hearts, is looking for a buyer. [USAT]
