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- First, KFC’s United Kingdom outposts ran out of chicken. Then, they ran out of gravy. The shortages, which caused locations across the UK to temporarily shutter, were blamed on a switch of delivery services, so KFC is switching back. The company is dropping DHL and once again partnering with Bidvest Logistics to get its fast-food chicken products in a timely fashion.
- New York City is cracking down on the use of electric bikes, which has a significant and negative impact on the livelihoods of the city’s food-delivery people.
- James Beard Award-winning author Joan Nathan, who penned King Solomon’s Table along with 10 previous cookbooks, is teaming up with luxury grocery chain Whole Foods on a line of cuisine for Passover this year. A Whole Foods spokesperson says each of Nathan’s dishes will include “a modern twist on a traditional Jewish recipe.” To-go Passover meals for eight are available for $119.99.
- Meanwhile, a woman in Tallahassee, Florida, has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods alleging racial and pregnancy discrimination. Kissie Moore claims a new team leader treated her differently after returning from maternity leave, and that she had observed a “disproportionate number” of African-American employees being fired from the store.
- Thursday night on the acclaimed FX series Atlanta, the gang put together a fake Yoo-Hoo commercial.
- Late Show host Stephen Colbert has jokes about chef Hélène Darroze’s Barbie doll and McDonald’s ill-advised International Women’s Day stunt.
- Famously verbally abusive chef Gordon Ramsay is popping up at South by Southwest, where he’ll make foods inspired by this year’s World Cup.
- In the “duh” news of the day, buying organic foods makes a person snobby. A new study finds that “as a function of the moral superiority associated with organic branding, people feel somehow, ‘I’m above reproach and, paradoxically, therefore I can be less ethical and more selfish.’” This is a good reminder that a regular, non-organic banana won’t kill you.
- Here are more details on Chef’s Table star Gaggan Anand’s forthcoming tofu restaurant and wine bar. Anand is opening his new venture, called Wet, in Hong Kong, directly adjacent to his eponymous eatery that boasts two Michelin stars.
- Dominique Crenn is included in Time’s “First” series as the first woman in the U.S. to hold two Michelin stars.
- Fun fact: Russ & Daughters was the first business in the country to have “& daughters” in its name.
- Finally, for the anti-social traveler, hotel rooms are slowly but surely adding wine on tap. The Plum dispenser (it’s sort of like a Keurig for wine) is already serving thirsty, reclusive guests at a few lodging destinations in the United States, and it may be found at big operations such as the St. Regis and Waldorf Astoria in the near future.
