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John Wooden Mourned at Vip’s Cafe; Obama Plans School Lunch Overhaul

• UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who passed away on Friday, was a regular at Vip’s Cafe in The Valley. [NCAA Basketball Fanhouse]

• The Obama administration hopes to overhaul the nation’s school lunch program. [CSM]

• Food trucks are huge in Tokyo right now, offering everything from Thai food to Tex-Mex. [WSJ]

• Despite his well-documented hatred of cupcake mania, Anthony Bourdain does enjoy a red velvet cupcake. [NYP]

• A group called Giving Spirit distributed about 1,000 backpacks full of food and supplies to homeless Angelenos this weekend. [L.A. Times]

• Jamba Juice has plans for 200 new stores in South Korea in the next ten years. [Market Watch]

• The writer of the Ruth Bourdain Twitter won’t reveal his/her identity, but admits to being a food writer in New York. [WSJ]

• Scientists believe they have figured out a way to make credible vegetarian chicken, long thought to be the hardest meat to replicate because of its unique texture. [Time]

• The inaugural New Orleans Oyster Festival this weekend was filled with nerves about the bivalve’s future. [NYT]

• The makers of Sabra hummus plan to greatly expand their advertising this year. [NYT]

John Wooden Mourned at Vip’s Cafe; Obama Plans School Lunch Overhaul