Here’s what you might have missed

As if the cyclospora panic wasn’t enough, a salmonella outbreak is underway: This week, 27 states reported at least 345 salmonella cases linked to contaminated jalapeños distributed to restaurant chains, including Chipotle and Qdoba, resulting in at least 36 hospitalizations. (Chipotle has pulled the peppers from all its restaurants in Minnesota and some other locations as a precaution.)
Kellogg is removing artificial colors from its cereals by the end of 2026: Froot Loops and Apple Jacks will now get their signature bright colors from fruit- and vegetable-based dyes, the company said Thursday. The company had originally promised it would permanently remove artificial dyes by the end of 2027; looks like it’s actually ahead of schedule.
Restaurant workers gathered for special Tony screenings: A24, the studio behind the new Anthony Bourdain biopic, worked with OpenTable and Square to invite restaurant workers — including chefs, line cooks, dishwashers, and other industry staff — to special screenings of the film, which chronicles Bourdain’s early years as a cook cutting his teeth in a kitchen in Provincetown, Massachusetts. In New York City, attendees ended the night at Mermaid Oyster Bar — a nod to Bourdain’s love of the bivalve. (Read our senior reporter Bettina Makalintal’s review of the film here.)
The reincarnated Gourmet was fun while it lasted: The new food publication Gourmet, which launched at the beginning of this year using the same name as the historic, long-running food magazine, was hit with a lawsuit earlier this summer, with parent company Condé Nast attempting to stop use of the well-known moniker. (The original Gourmet shuttered in 2009, and Condé Nast let its trademark expire in 2021.) Looks like they might have succeeded; this week, the new mag announced it will temporarily be known as [Untitled Food Magazine] until a new name is revealed.
McDonald’s USA has a new president: The global fast food chain appointed Skye Anderson, a 26-year veteran of the company, as its new president. The leadership change arrived in tandem with the news that McDonald’s has experienced its slowest growth in over a year. As NBC News reports, McDonald’s executives blame inflation and an overemphasis on providing value meal offers.
Famed hangout Canter’s Deli served 95-cent sandwiches: In heartwarming news, Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles celebrated 95 years of operation by offering 95-cent hot pastrami sandwiches (along with coleslaw, a pickle, and chocolate chip rugelach) from 6 p.m. to midnight on August 3.
RFK Jr. is starting a cooking show (sigh): In addition to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can now check being a cooking show host off his bucket list. The inaugural episode of the HHS Secretary’s YouTube-hosted show, The Real Food Show, focused on how to make “crispy salmon cakes” and, even in the midst of the cyclospora outbreak, salad.
The tinned fish craze comes to Sweetgreen: Fishwife, the tinned seafood disruptor with cute packaging, has teamed up with Sweetgreen on a limited-edition take on a Nicoise salad; available nationwide from August 11 to 24, the dish will be topped with a co-branded tin of Sweetgreen x Fishwife tuna that guests will “open and add themselves,” per a press release. I don’t know how keen I am to pop open a can of tuna on my lunch hour, but the dish itself (which also includes a tarragon-lemon vinaigrette and pickled veg) sure would be a nice option compared to my usual FiDi lunch pick (questionable bodega sushi).
B.J. Novak’s brand Chain is moving into Westfield Topanga: As Eater’s Rebecca Roland reports, the actor’s pop-up-turned-lifestyle-brand, which reinterprets dishes from 80s and 90s fast food and chain restaurants, will open its first long-term residency at Topanga Social at Westfield Topanga this September, wrangling the culinary chops of chefs Roy Choi, Mason Hereford, Mei Lin, and Calvin Eng, and featuring reimagined versions of nostalgic comfort food.
Where you’ll find Martha Stewart this summer: Adding to her repertoire of exceptional social media posts, Martha Stewart grid-posted herself on Instagram in a hot tub along with her trademark stream of consciousness-style caption: “I am going to use this amazing hot tub every single day I am in maine Invigorating restorative therapeutic relaxing.” Good for her!