Slow Food Nation, Lunch Boxes, and Other Food News

Were you curious about San Francisco's Slow Food Nation event? So were the nation's food sections. The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the San Francisco Chronicle all reported back.

A Dive Into the Nosh Pit Finds Winners and Losers by Rick Nelson (Minneapolis Star-Tribune): The paper's restaurant critic crashes parties at the RNC and takes pity on (some) Republicans.

Green Oranges by Nicholas Day (Chow Grinder): Aw, shit.

Los Angeles Taco Trucks Can Stay Put Again by Garrett Therolf (LA Times): A judge reverses some court-ordered idiocy requiring taco trucks to stay on the move, and all of Los Angeles responds with a phew.

Thinking Inside the Box by Debra Samuels (Boston Globe): First totes have gone green, now lunchboxes. Plus the amazing banana keeper.

Finally, a lunch box treat your kids are sure to love. That is, if they aren't terrified of octopi, and you aren't terrified of ballpark franks:

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