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Lindsay Lohan Rejects Father’s Chinese Food Delivery; Food Becomes a Focus of High Fashion

• Lindsay Lohan got furious at her father for showing up unannounced at her place with Chinese food. [All Headline News]

• DineLA set a new record for restaurant week last month, generating $5.6 million and boosting attendance up by 28%. [L.A. Times]

• With David Chang appearing in Vogue and Barney’s New York doing edibles-themed holiday windows, it seems the fashion world is obsessed with food. “Our customers want to eat at the new Batali place as much as they want the new Céline bag,” says Barney’s creative director Simon Doonan. [WSJ]

• Reusable grocery bags purchased at Wal-Mart, Target and other retailers have been found to contain lead, prompting a federal investigation. [USAT]

• Chef Abdulkarim Haraz resides over Yemen’s popular Fakhi restaurant, where he offers advice and counsel to a diverse cross-section of the city population, with 4,000 diners eating a daily output of 1,300 pounds of beef and 66 pounds of vegetables. [L.A. Times]

• Is Zagat’s paywall for online content keeping it from being as major player in the world of food websites? [L.A. Weekly]

• While other industries suffered during the recession, many food producers saw business grow over the past few years. [AP]

• The food situation in North Korea has once again become critical, contributing to an increased number of defectors to South Korea and China. [Voice of America]

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