• There was a big fight Tuesday at Oakland City Hall about loosening rules and expanding permitting for food trucks in the city. All the old tired arguments were repeated. The discussion’s been tabled. [Oakland North]
• Jenn Biesty likes the Thai larb salads at Lers Ros and Basil Thai. [7x7]
• Revisiting SPQR, in pictures. [Cooking with the Single Guy]
• There’s a new description of the car the assailants were driving in the shooting and double homicide at Sweet Jimmie’s in Oakland Sunday night. [Chron, Earlier]
• It’s not enough that the U.S. provides tons of food aid to the world; now we’re being asked to step up the quality of it. [AFP]
• A bunch of people in Scotland got sick after taste-testing hospital food, which makes a pretty good case for improving the quality of it in general, as many are urging. [BBC, News.Au]
• After weird things like industrial wax were found in Chinese food, catering companies are being asked to publicize the additives they use. [Xinhuanet]
• Behold a very earnest video about environmental eating — but you’ll watch it because it’s voiced by Jason Schwartzman. [Plate to Planet]
