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Ludo Lefebvre Considers a Stand at LAX; Big Wang’s Owner Is T.V.’s Biggest Jerk

• Ludo Lefebvre might be bringing a version of his LudoBites pop-up to LAX Terminal Four with a new stand called Ludo Vite. [LAT]

• Joe Barker, the owner of L.A.’s Big Wang’s, dropped a racist comment and was referred to by one contestant as “probably the biggest jerk I’ve ever met in my life” while appearing last night on America’s Next Great Restaurant. [TV Squad]

• Yeep: Check your Skippy jars. If the peanut butter is labeled “reduced fat,” it’s been recalled for possible salmonella contamination. [HuffPo]

• Organic advocates are pissed about the use of the word “natural” on food-product labels, and we don’t blame them: the term pretty much means nothing. [AP]

• Homeboy Industries Father Gregory Boyle is speaking at Santa Monica College this Thursday to deluver a presentation called ““Homies: A Bakery, A Restaurant and A Whole Lotta Hope.” [Surf Santa Monica]

• And … bad news for restaurant calorie labeling: While labels in fast-food restaurants were shown to affect the food choices of 16 percent of adults, calorie counts seem to have virtually no impact on the purchases of teens or parents in low-income neighborhoods, according to a study. [USAT]

• The U.N. weighs on recent global food-price spikes, saying the world is vulnerable to food crises and that developing countries must invest more resources in agriculture. [WSJ]

Ludo Lefebvre Considers a Stand at LAX; Big Wang’s Owner Is T.V.’s Biggest Jerk