• Residents, business owners, and LAPD are urging independent groups to stop donating food and other items to people on Skid Row. [L.A. Times]
• A local pastor says the most recent inhabitants of the Westlake neighborhood have been from Guatemala’s indigenous Quiche, who have mostly been coming to the U.S. due to a lack of food back home. [N.Y. Times]
• As a teenager, Wolfgang Puck and his sister ate an entire rum-soaked cake their grandmother had made, putting them to sleep. [DCist]
• Sake kasu, a Japanese sake product that looks a bit like pork belly, is increasingly popular in American marinades. [NYDN]
• Starbucks drive-through menus no longer mention tall drinks as an option. [USA Today]
• Chain restaurants from Subway to Johnny Rockets are testing delivery service. [NRN]
• Graeter’s Ice Cream of Cincinnati is going national and hopes to compete with Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s. [NYT]
• Carnival Cruises’ RedFrog Pubs will soon launch their own signature beer. [In Transit/NYT]