• A dispute over a bar tab at The Kells ended with a patron throwing a stool at the bartender. [Allston-Brighton TAB]
• Chefs with multiple restaurants (like Paul O’Connell of Chez Henri and the Chilmark Tavern) often rely on their general managers to keep everything running smoothly. [Chowder/BoMag]
• Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals converted Natalie Portman to veganism. [HuffPo]
• Though Ad Hoc at Home is billed as Thomas Keller’s most accessible book yet, home cooks may still find it challenging. [WSJ]
• Playwright Paul Rudnick basically lives on sweets. [NYT]
• Meat companies are not happy about the “Meatless Mondays” recently instituted in Baltimore public school cafeterias. [The Atlantic Food]
• A man dressed as Colonel Sanders managed to finagle his way into the U.N., where he then posed for a photo with General Assembly president Ali Treki. [Telegraph]
• Food blogger Luisa Weiss of The Wednesday Chef has gotten a book deal. [Eat Me Daily]
• Pennsylvania police recently stumbled upon what they thought was a meth lab, but turned out to be a defunct wine-making operation. [NYP]