• Top Chef’s Gail Simmons had a fashion “aha moment” when she met Anna Wintour wearing a goose-fat-stained Old Navy T-shirt. Since then, she’s figured out which clothes flatter her. [NYP]
• Experimental new treatments for food allergies suggest that immunotherapy, giving patients small, regular doses of the allergen, may be effective. [Chart/CNN]
• Grant Achatz’s secret fast-food vices? Little Caesar’s and Potbelly Sandwiches. Also, he thinks most people don’t cook with enough salt. [WSJ]
• Food trucks in East Oakland have been hard hit by crime recently as the city has reduced its police force. Trucks are a target for robbers since they deal in cash. [NYT]
• Currently having a moment in fast-food sandwiches: pepper jack cheese. Find it at Carl’s Jr. and elsewhere. [USAT]