• Hoping to increase the amount of money customers are spending while stuck at O’Hare, the aviation commissioner wants to attract more local chefs for restaurants. Essentially, that means more places like Tortas Frontera, which sounds good to us. [Crain’s]
• The opposite sex won’t give you cooties, but kissing someone who’s recently consumed an offending substance can trigger food allergies. [Opposing Views]
• After a scandal last month in which certain halal sausages in France were reported to contain pork, there’s a lot of confusion among that country’s Muslims about what constitutes halal, but no central body overseeing standards. [Time]
• Meanwhile thanks to drought in China, that country’s wheat crop is at risk, which could affect the staple’s global supply (and price). [Times of India]
