Kobe sues Kobe, Kirstie cooks, Jamie Oliver wants you, and more

-- Lakers star Kobe Bryant sues Japanese city over naming rights to high-end beef. Or does he?

-- Gambol over to the famed Gamble House in Pasadena for lunch and a tour of this most sublime example of Arts and Crafts architecture.

-- Starry Kitchen: Rogue chefs go legit downtown

-- Look Who's Cooking: @KirstieAlley is offering Twitter cooking lessons: Shake the brussel sprouts in a bag with coarse sea salt and olive oil...till they are coated...bake them in a 400 degree oven for 45 minutes! (Although later she Tweeted, "...I hate them...must have been a fluke that I liked them once...like a drunk date)

-- Are you among the 148,270-and-counting who have signed celebu-chef Jamie Oliver's petition demanding better food for schoolchildren? (Or, have you watched "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution"? Thoughts?)

Happy April Fool's Day!

-- Rene Lynch
@renelynch

Photo: Nguyen and Thi Tran of Starry Kitchen. Credit: Krista Simmons / Los Angeles Times