• In a lawsuit filed in federal court, a Havertown caterer claims the D.A.’s office threatened him when he tried to collect a delinquent $29,000 banquet bill. [Daily News]
• While it’s usually pretty easy to feel superior to those mild-mannered, hockey-obsessed Canadians, it turns out we Americans are fatter than even our poutine-scarfing neighbors to the north. [Shots/NPR]
• Here’s a fun list of bizarro restaurants, including Holland’s Kinderkookkafé, where children cook and wait tables, and Ninja in New York, where waiters drop from the ceiling dressed in black. [Foodista]
• More fun with lists! Behold some of the world’s most expensive foods, including a $69 hot dog and a $180 sandwich. [Local 10]
• Actually, food is getting more costly overall: Global food prices rose 2.2 percent in February, reaching a record high. [WSJ]
• Heinz struck a deal to acquire an 80 percent stake in a leading Brazilian food company that makes packaged tomato products. [Businesswire]
