• Conservative pundit Andrew Breitbart’s last long political discussion may have occurred with a man he’d just met at the bar at The Brentwood, which ended less than an hour before he was pronounced dead. [THR]
• North Korea’s need for food aid is so urgent, the country was willing to suspend nuclear development to get it. Slate looks into the causes of North Korea’s continuing famines. [Slate]
• 25% of respondents in several parts of SoCal areas say they can’t afford the required amount of food for their families, compared with one in five in the country at large. [LAT]
• Stop the presses: Beyoncé breastfed little Blue Ivy at Sant Ambroeus in New York. Guess the kid got hungry, too. [NYDN]
• Get your retro swerve on at one of The Valley’s many bars still operating as it it were the forties, fifties, or sixties. [LAT]
• Top Chef judge and new author Gail Simmons shares her current obsession with beef jerky and a love for Jitlada. [THR]
• Zach Brooks sings the praises of $10 AYCE Korean BBQ joint Bud Namu. [Midtown Lunch]
• Iowa may join states like North Dakota and Montana in criminalizing undercover videography inside animal farms. [Salt/NPR]
• Seattle is turning a seven-acre plot of land into a public food forest — free foraging for all! Okay, hippies … [Salt/NPR]
• Bill Esparza revs up local motors for this weekend’s varied Gold Standard event. [Street Gourmet LA]