• Hopefully the produce is fresher: A 1920s time capsule has been unearthed by construction workers at Beacon Hill’s DeLuca’s Market, including a Ritz-Carlton Hotel menu from August 1929. [Herald]
• Angelina Jolie is all about Spanish food. Fine, just so long as she doesn’t go make a TV show about it with Mario Batali! [AP]
• Windowfarms windowsill-gardening systems could be a boon to urban areas where fresh food is scarce, such as our apartment. [Triple Pundit]
• Germany has pledged 6 million dollars to help the U.N. target child hunger and promote sustainable agriculture in poor countries, among other goals. [Monsters and Critics]
• Rising food prices seem likely to counteract any benefit the Chinese economy has experienced from metal and oil inflation. [Commodities Note/FT]
• The U.S. is not immune to food inflation, either. Tell us about it, we just ate at Per Se — ouch! [Wall Street Grand/WSJ]
• Japan, for one, is stocking up. The country purchased 19,520 metric tons of wheat, from Canada and Australia. That’s a lot of ramen! [Bloomberg]
