• Florida-based producer Six L’s Packing Company Inc. has issued a recall on its grape tomatoes after tests indicate they may be tainted with salmonella. [Action News]
• Eating more of certain foods, like hot red peppers, can aid in weight loss. [NYT]
• Wouldn’t you know it? As food prices have risen, so have the profits of Archer Daniels Midland, the giant grain company. What a weird coincidence! [Bloomberg]
• A restaurateur in Cincinnati is giving away free Champagne at his restaurants to “toast those who carried out the mission to kill bin Laden.” [WLWT]
• Restaurant owners outside Detroit are accused of trying to kill a competitor by beating him with an aluminum bat, as well as threatening to kill his family. Still doesn’t sound as gruesome as the Lucali knife fight. [Detroit Free Press]
• Tilapia: Easy to farm and bland-tasting. No wonder it’s so popular these days! Of course, it also “contains relatively small amounts of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids” and is a major pollution threat. [NYT]
