• Lease issues derailed a deal to open a Michael Jordan steakhouse in River North. [Crain’s]
• USA Todaycompiled a list of a few food tours available in Chicago. [USA Today]
• A new crop of delis, like New York’s Mile End and Saul’s in Berkeley, focus on delicious, sustainable foods — even if they aren’t necessarily kosher. [NYT]
• Though a dislike for cilantro seems to be genetically based, neurologists suggest it can be overcome. [NYT]
• CNN will soon launch Eatocracy, a food blog. [Kat Kinsman/Twitter via Eater]
• Newly rereleased cookbook Spécialités de la Maison includes recipes from 1940s-era luminaries like Katharine Hepburn and Helen Keller. [NYT]
• McDonald’s board of directors rejected a proposal that would have required five percent of the company’s eggs to be cage-free. [Green Inc./NYT]
• Many popular vegetarian products, like Boca burgers, contain trace amounts of an air pollutant called hexane. [Gothamist]
• Researchers have found strains of an HIV-related virus in illegal bushmeat imports in the United States. [WSJ]
• Starbucks hopes to enter the Indian market soon. [NYDN]
• Wal-Mart has raised its food prices by 2.3 percent since February. [NYP]
• Ramps are the new arugula, prized more for their cultural cachet than for their taste. [Time]