- A Pennsylvania teacher was suspended without pay because he cooked up some pancakes for students while they took a standardized test. An assistant principal determined Kyle Byler, who brought in an electric griddle to make breakfast for his eighth-grade class, was “causing a distraction.” School sucks.
- Sacré bleu! France is no fan of the Impossible Burger — or any other faux meat, for that matter. The country is banning producers of vegetarian foods from using words such as “burger,” “steak,” sausage,” or “bacon” to sell their products.
- “Superfood pork” is a product that probably would not be well received by the French. This blend of plant-based protein from peas, non-GMO soy, shiitake mushrooms, and rice will be available in Hong Kong later this year.
- Ben Affleck is doing just fine, thank you very much. Affleck surprised the 500-person cast of his new movie with a traditional Hawaiian luau, complete with a roasted pig.
- Hero chef José Andrés and cook-turned-television host Anthony Bourdain recently palled around in Spain. Apparently Andrés gave Bourdain a taste of the local cheeses.
Gracias Tony @Bourdain for inviting me to come to Asturias with you and the opportunity to show you that our cheeses are as good as what @ericripert fed you in France @ReySilo @DOPGamoneu @DOPCabrales pic.twitter.com/731Kq169B6
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) April 23, 2018
- Fail to show up for a reservation at Bully’s restaurant in Cardiff, Wales, and you’re going to be put on blast. The restaurant tweeted out the name and phone number of a recent no-show.
- Grace Dent, restaurant scribe for the Guardian, explains what it’s like to be a mostly vegan food critic.
- Rest in peace, Matt Campbell. The 29-year-old British chef collapsed while running in the London Marathon on Sunday and later died at a hospital. Campbell was a semifinalist on BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals in 2017
- In a very “California restaurant” move, a California restaurant is serving what it calls a “deconstructed avocado toast bowl.” As a number of people on the internet have pointed out, this is also called a “salad.”
Ok now California trends are just fucking with me pic.twitter.com/mN5epOvoJb
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) April 23, 2018
- A woman entering the United States was fined $500 by a customs agent for carrying an apple that she received on her Delta flight. “He had asked me if my trip to France was expensive and I said, ‘yeah,’” Crystal Tadlock tells Denver Fox affiliate KDVR. “I didn’t really get why he was asking that question, and then he said ‘It’s about to get a lot more expensive after I charge you $500.’”
- GQ has released its list of America’s best new restaurants for 2018. Majordōmo, celebrity chef David Chang’s Los Angeles venture, takes top billing.
- Finally, Dan Harmon, creator of the Rick & Morty animated series shares his thoughts on the chaos surrounding his show’s fans’ obsession with McDonald’s Szechuan sauce.