Food FYI: U.S. drought to push food prices higher
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FOOD PRICE SPIKE
The worst drought in the U.S. in half a century is driving up grain prices, which are expected to pave the way for higher food prices. Ouch. [Globe and Mail]
GORDON RAM$AY
Gordon Ramsay tops Forbes’ list of top chef earners -- at $38 million. [Forbes]
BLOOMBERG’S BODEGAS
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg expands his anti-obesity campaign by asking bodegas in the Bronx to give healthful food prime space on store shelves instead of junk food. [Daily News]
SYLVIA WOODS R.I.P.
Sylvia Woods, founder of the famed Harlem soul food restaurant Sylvia’s, died at age 86 at her home in Mount Vernon, N.Y. [Associated Press]
DINNERTIME
The Rich Kids of Instagram eat with lots of steak sauce (and Frank’s RedHot sauce too), Hennessy and Dom. [Rich Kids of Instagram]
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