• Authorities raided a former matzoh factory in Williamsburg that’s currently housing “semi-legal” lofts. [NYP]
• A woman in Lexington, Kentucky, gave birth to a baby girl in the parking lot of a Hardee’s. The mother “said she could not believe how quickly this birth happened.” [WKYT]
• China is becoming increasingly reliant on other countries for staple food such as corn and soybeans, and that reliance “is likely to add a stabilizing factor” to the country’s relationship with the U.S. [Japan Times]
• Chipotle didn’t make as much money as it thought it would last quarter. The reasons: higher food costs, and that pesky federal investigation. [Reuters]
• Former Top Chef contestant Mike Isabella is a big fan of D.C.’s food scene. (Probably because he just opened a restaurant there.) [WP]
• Indian weddings might just be too extravagant. They’re being blamed for “prodigious food waste.” [AP]
