FDA considers warnings for food coloring; Bourdain rails on food writers

Eye Candy: Some genius with an oral fixation has created a peppermint candy pen with edible ink. [Dave Hakkens via Daily What]

The FDA may add warnings to artificially colored foods like Jell-O, Lucky Charms because they worsen hyperactivity in some children -NYT

Anthony Bourdain railed on the James Beard Awards and the food writing community, Eatocracy editor Kat Kinsman takes him to task -Bourdain, Eatocracy

Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich may open an outpost of their Italian supermarket Eataly in West Hollywood -Eater

Oprah profiles 7 sucsessful female food entrepreneurs -O

The Facebook group Supermarket Scrabble encourages fans to spell out obscene words with spices at stores, post pics -Daily Mail

Scientists are testing a chemical compound that blocks taste buds' ability to detect bitterness -MSNBC