• Gov. Tom Corbett’s Secretary of Health is accused of “using his power the wrong way” after allegedly siccing health inspectors on Harrisburg’s Roxy’s Café following an argument over an egg sandwich. [Inquirer]
• Apparently Houlihan’s still has a presence in the Philly area. Unfortunately the chain’s City Ave. location is closed after fire broke out in the kitchen Wednesday night. [Philly.com]
• Technology called near field communication, or NFC, should allow you to pay for restaurant meals with your phone beginning later this year. Cool, but we’re pretty sure they’ve already had this in Japan for like, a decade. [Cnet]
• If you thought institutional food was already bad enough, in the Russian army, troops were eating dog food served in a stew. [Reuters]
• If you’re pregnant and don’t have enough to worry about, you can now buy pink and blue cakes designed for the express purpose of revealing your baby’s gender to your friends and family. But how will people know what color gifts to bring to the party? [NYP]
• As beer sales drop and alcohol taxes rise in Britain, pubs are focusing on the food. So, what shall we call these places? Wait, we’ve got it, how about … gastro-pubs? [WP]
