FYI: Not So Special Brownies

• The Obamas hosted their first official dinner on Sunday night, and Michelle Obama gave an exclusive tour of the kitchen beforehand. On the menu? Wagyu beef and scallops favored by President Obama. [NYT]

• Things not faring well in this economy: casual dining restaurants. Consumers are staying in more, and profits are down by almost 50%. [USA Today]

• New England’s Stop & Shop supermarket has recalled potato products made by Northern Star Co. over contamination concerns. [Boston]

• Drug-laced brownies at Heaven City, Milwaukee’s “third most romantic restaurant,” made three very elderly employees very sick. Will the food tainting never end? [MSNBC]

• The British are catching on to using cooking oil to fuel their cars, prompting a joke headline about how they eat so many fish and chips. [NYT]

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FYI: Not So Special Brownies