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Local Mom to Testify to the FDA About Food Dyes and ADHD; Olive Garden Gets a ‘Tuscan Farmhouse’ Makeover

• A Plymouth Meeting mom, who found dramatic success in putting her child on the Feingold Diet — one free of food dyes — to offset his ADHD, will testify today before an FDA advisory committee looking into a link between food coloring and behavior disorders in children. [CBS Philly]

• The cookbook Diamond Dishes, coming out tomorrow, features recipes for A-Rod’s kale chips and other favorite manly dishes from baseball stars. [NYP]

• In Italy, delivery services exist to help mamas send homemade food to their grown children living far away. Could they send us some too, please? [WSJ]

• Gluten-free diets are having a moment, but at least one chef has admitted to lying to abstinent diners and serving them full-gluten starches. [Foodista]

• More than half of all Olive Garden restaurants will get a “Tuscan farmhouse” makeover. Guess OG execs have been doing a little travel memoir reading! [NRN]

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