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Food Network Sued Over Private Chefs of Beverly Hills; Clifton’s Cafeteria Broker Goes Missing in Joshua Tree

• Downtown real estate agent and published poet Ed Rosenthal, who brokered last week’s sale of Clifton’s Cafeteria, has gone missing after going on a hike last Friday during a visit to Joshua Tree. [L.A. Downtown News]

• OpenTable readers named Hatfield’s, Bistro LQ, Osteria Mozza, The Tasting Kitchen, and Palate Food and Wine as five of the top 50 places fit for foodies in a poll. [Open Table]

• A company named Private Chefs Inc. is suing Food Network over the show Private Chefs of Beverly Hills for trademark infringement and reportedly stealing the idea for the show. [SlashFood]

• Recently-released tome The White Book may be Israel’s first pork-centric cookbook. [NYT]

• More than 30 percent of kids with food allergies report being bullied. [Time]

• McDonald’s is currently testing a burrito-sized snack wrap in Chicago. [NRN]

• Fried lake trout is the iconic food of working-class Baltimore. [NYT]

• Domino’s lone 24 hour franchise is testing out breakfast pizza. [NRN]

Food Network Sued Over Private Chefs of Beverly Hills; Clifton’s