• As we figured, Omaima Nelson, the former model who killed and cooked part of her husband, was denied parole yesterday, despite her protestations that she is “not a monster.” [LAT]
• Food truck operators like Roy Choi and Joe Kim, who have eventually gone the brick and mortar route, credit their food trucks as launching pads for their restaurants. [LAT]
• Be careful out there, spice lovers: A spicy-curry-eating contest in Scotland sent two contestants to the hospital. [STV]
• Paula Wolfert had no idea the Moroccan-food discussion group she started on Facebook would become one of the most active groups on the site. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• Ramen, as we keep telling you, is experiencing a bit of a Renaissance in L.A. right now. [LAT]
• Over 4,500 prisoners are still hunger striking in California, while similar hunger strikes are currently being undertaken by Palestinian inmates and seeing success for Bahrain prisoners, while a blogger in Egypt appears to be in a critical state after 43 days into his hunger strike. [BTLOnline]
• Get ready: Apples, pumpkin, farro, and kale will all have a moment this fall. [NRN]
• Evidently David Burke has a magazine. And a line of zero-calorie “flavor sprays.” Yikes. [Eater NY]
• Could petit fours be the new cupcake? Their onetime ubiquity suggests they’re the old cupcake, anyway. [WSJ]