• The smiling dude on the Quaker Oats box has a name, Larry, and he’s getting a makeover: The new and improved Larry will be slimmer and younger. And maybe he can get some better clothes? [WSJ]
• Starbucks’ strawberry Frappuccinos use ground-up beetles for that pretty pink color, and the vegan community is pissed. Also: That’s gross. [USAT]
• Bizarro celebrity diets go all the way back to the forties and a guru of sorts named Gayelord Hauser, writes Simon Doonan. [Slate]
• Marilyn Hagerty and Anthony Bourdain are reportedly in talks to collaborate on a book of some kind. This should be interesting … [Eater NY]
• Potential Tavern on the Green operators have until Friday to submit proposals. Big names like Drew Nieporent and B&B; Hospitality Group have shown interest, but not Donald Trump: The new space is going to be too casual for him. [DNA Info]
• Erasmo Ponce, owner of Tortilleria Chinanatla in Brooklyn, where a worker was crushed to death, has been arrested for alleged wage violations and false tax documents. [NYDN]
• The U.S. had planned to send food aid to North Korea, but it has suspended those intentions as Pyongyang refuses to drop plans for launching a long-range missile. [Chicago Tribune]
