• As the recession drags on, food pantries in San Francisco are seeing much longer lines. The San Francisco Food Bank says it’s serving 70 percent more people than in 2008. [Mission Local]
• Grocery chains are increasingly getting rid of self-service checkout lanes, since only a small percentage of the population uses them. Must be everyone else relishes those cheery interactions with grocery clerks. [AP ]
• The fourth annual Crabby Chefs Seafood Competition went down yesterday over at Spenger’s in Berkeley, with several East Bay chefs competing in an Iron Chef-style competition in which the ingredient, crab, was no secret. [Berkeleyside]
• Sad news: Arch West, the man who invented Doritos, has died. And just when we discovered you could start fires with his chips. [HuffPo]
• Frosted Flakes explained: Turns out kids’ seemingly limitless appetite for sweetness is biological. [NPR]
• Caviar carts and prime rib … Pan Am brings back the days of five-star in-flight dining. [SheKnows]
• Manufacturing is happening in Africa at last, with small factories producing everything from chocolate to hot sauce to shoes. [WSJ]
