• Will Ferrell cooked Thai food for his cast-mates on the set of a new movie, The Other Guys. Eva Mendes calls his cooking “awful.” [Contact Music]
• Vice President Joe Biden handed out hot dogs on the Colbert Report last night. [Daily Intel]
• Rodeo Drive will be lined with food trucks for Fashion’s Night Out tomorrow. [L.A. Times Mobile]
• Hearts are the newest trend in offal. [NRN]
• L.A. City Council approved a controversial shopping center at Slauson and Central yesterday, which will bring new restaurants to both the famed avenue and what some call a “food desert.” [L.A. Times/L.A. Now]
• Gourmet halal food is on the rise in France. [NYT]
• Jamba Juice now offers coffee. [Eater]
• KFC’s latest marketing campaign is centered around reviving the iconography of Colonel Sanders, who more than 60 percent of young Americans can’t recognize. [USA Today]