• Jack in the Box has gotten rid of toys from kids’ meals. Now if only they could do away with still-persistent E. coli fears about their meat. [Reuters]
• In various cities and counties around the Bay, a federally funded free lunch program is serving thousands of children from low-income families via rec centers and other organizations. [Bay Citizen]
• Regarding the sad, difficult lives of the gluten intolerant and vegan, and where they’re able to eat around the Bay Area. [KQED]
• Horse semen is all the rage at a New Zealand restaurant called Green Man Pub. It’s “custard”-like! [Gawker]
• The effectiveness of weight-loss surgery has led scientists to study chemical and hormonal processes in the gut, which might prove a boon to weight-loss science. [Fox News]
• There’s a new gluten-free label to insure celiac sufferers are getting the real (or not real) thing. [NYDN]
