• California firefighters are releasing a cookbook of their favorite recipes to benefit The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund. [Reuters]
• The members-only Supper Club comes to Palate Food + Wine for dinner. [L.A. Times]
• After local leaders caused a stir over foreign food given to ease The Central Valley’s water shortage, The State of California will return donated macaroni to Mexico and carrots to China. [Mercury News]
• California legislators are increasingly concerned with protecting consumers’ rights to good food, pushing for laws that protect honey, blueberries, and Asian noodles. [L.A. Times]
• Gabon’s first lady has gone from international luxury to living on food stamps in California. [ABC News]
• About half of the world’s fish consumption now comes from farm-raised fish. [Innovations Report]
• Bento boxes are increasingly popular with American adults. [NYT]
• Sylvia Schur, the creator of Clamato and Cran-Apple juice, has died at 92. [NYT]
• Yelp bigwigs would like restaurateurs to stop offering discounts for favorable reviews and directly responding to reviewers. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• A Chicago doctor is offering flu shots at wine tastings to ease the fears of anxious patients. [Chicago Tribune]
