• McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon faces a class-action civil rights lawsuit over allegations that the bar not only tolerates, but mandates a racist culture. [Daily News]
• Both Giada de Laurentiis and John Mayer are denying rumors of an alleged affair; the Food Network star is “heartbroken,” while a rep for Mayer calls the claims “ridiculous.” [CBS News]
• The first meal served to world leaders attending the G-20 summit in Seoul will not be Korean food, but rather “a simple Western-style, three-course meal,” an organizer says. But hey, the steaks will come from persimmon-fed cows. [Korea Real Time/WSJ]
• Rising food costs are to blame for further inflation spikes in both China and Hungary. [International Business Times, Bloomberg]
• As if being stranded on the Carnival cruise ship Splendor weren’t bad enough, everyone onboard is being forced to eat Spam, canned crab meat and Pop-Tarts while they away rescuer tugboats. [USAT]