• “Restaurants” like Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut are lobbying to be allowed to accept food stamps. We don’t even know where to start about what a terrible idea this is. [USAT]
• Beekeeping is Über-trendy, sure, but it’s also good that people are taking it up, considering feral bees have pretty much died out, and the little buzzers’ pollination efforts are necessary to our survival. [USAT]
• A man was stabbed on Sunday at the L.A. County Fair, prompting security concerns. It’s trying times like these when deep-fried desserts provide a touch of comfort. [NBC]
• New evidence shows that African ancestry corresponds with a higher risk of peanut allergies. [Cypress Times]
• Culinary-school graduates are once again kvetching that their programs aren’t worth the money — only this time they’re suing. [HuffPo]
• Oceanside restaurateurs want to get into the food truck business, but have to fight to change city ordinances first. [NC Times]
&38226; Residents of La Canada-Flintridge are plagued by a bunch of hungry, hungry bears. [LAT]
• This week’s episode of Entourage found Turtle trying to open a restaurant named Don Peppe’s, which sounds like the kind of crap spot East Coasters think L.A. needs. [LAT]
• The FDA is making plans to revise nutrition labels so that serving sizes are more accurate and calories are emphasized most of all. So in about ten years we’ll have a new label? [AP via HuffPo]
