Food News Roundup: Meatballs, Burger King, Drug Lords, Tourism, and Cuban Food Stamps

Steve Martorano from his namesake cafe in Lauderdale didn't win Meatball Madness up in NYC, but it looks like the festival went off pretty well anyway. [NewYorkTimes]Crispin Porter & Bogusky hired four new employees. Get ready for more craptastic ads. Maybe even for Burger King. [NewYorkTimes]Burger King's new "20/20" initiative...
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  • Steve Martorano from his namesake cafe in Lauderdale didn’t win Meatball Madness up in NYC, but it looks like the festival went off pretty well anyway. [NewYorkTimes]
  • Crispin Porter & Bogusky hired four new employees. Get ready for more craptastic ads. Maybe even for Burger King. [NewYorkTimes]
  • Burger King’s new “20/20” initiative sees a mass interior redesign for their restaurants to compete in the fast-casual market. [GlobeAndMail]
  • Lourdes Mederos moved from Miami to Colorado. Now former drug lords regale her with ceviche recipes while they sit locked up in super maximum security prison. [DenverPost]
  • About.com blogger says that the Miami Herald says that services and food are not yet up to par for a massive tourist influx in Cuba. [About]
  • Lakewood Ranch chef on his way to Miami to compete in Fifth Annual Chef for the Americas Cup competition. [Herald-Tribune]
  • Radio personalities from Miami and around the country travel to Haiti to help feed the poor. [ReliefWeb]
  • Former finance minister of Cuba, now a professor at FIU, thinks negatively of a plan to get rid of food ration books. [KMPH]

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