• There’s been some conflict over the Free Food Stand, a farm stand that sets up on Sundays in Parque Niños Unidos in the Mission where Dennis “Tree” Rubenstein gives away free produce. Rec and Parks is trying to resolve it. [Mission Local]
• A 19-year-old woman was brutally attacked over the weekend during an Oktoberfest celebration in Clayton. [Contra Costa Times]
• Michael Bauer takes food allergies very seriously, and thinks restaurants should too. [Between Meals/Scoop]
• Introducing the Pawpaw, a “secret” mango-like fruit that grows native on this soil; Thomas Jefferson was reportedly really into them. [NPR]
• Attention, people with more money than sense: Why not spend $85 on this Starbucks and Alexander Wang collaboration in the form of a fake-coffee-stained shirt? [NYDN]
• Before you quit your job to go stage in some temple of gastronomy, here’s what it’s really like. [Word of Mouth/Guardian UK]
