• Floyd Mayweather Jr. brings a bottle of A.1 with him everywhere. [NYP]
• Given the choice between organic and conventionally grown wheat, songbirds prefer the non-organic variety 55-60% of the time. [L.A. Times]
• BP’s massive oil spill has lead to the shutdown of 19 percent of the waters used by Gulf fisherman. [Yahoo! News]
• Pot-smoking chefs are developing “haute stoner” cuisine, encompassing everything from the foie gras poutine at Montreal’s Au Pied du Cochon to Momofuku Milk Bar’s cereal milk soft serve. [NYT]
• L.A. Weekly’s Jonathan Gold will introduce the film Udon at L.A. Film Festival, as a movie that influenced his own work. [Variety]
• Arby’s experienced a 15% drop in sales in the last quarter. [Reuters]
• Gordon Ramsay thinks there’s “nothing worse” than a fat chef. [NYP]
• Former Panera Bread CEO Ron Shaich has converted a St. Louis Panera into a “pay what you can” nonprofit cafe. [USA Today]
• Moonshine is newly popular with home and commercial distillers alike. [Time]