• More Upper Crust woes: The owner of a franchise in Salem has agreed to pay 11 employees more than $80,000 in back wages and damages to settle a federal wage law dispute. [BBJ]
• Heidi Montag’s co-stars for that food show she’s doing? Real Housewife Danielle Staub and Bachelor Jake Pavelka. Wait, what happened to Ashley Dupré? [People]
• Spend a day with Alice Waters and you’ll learn about things like the “organic-chicken crisis” and feel bad that you’re not eating more farro spaghetti. [WSJ]
• Stabilizing food prices was a chief goal at the G-20 summit, where “agriculture ministers agreed to establish a transparent system to track global supplies and set up emergency food reserves.” ‘Bout time. [AP]
• Chili’s has installed tabletop ordering terminals at some of its restaurants, with a full rollout planned for later this summer. Expect more impulse ordering of Southwestern Eggrolls after a couple of those blue drinks. [NRN]
