Flesh Eating for 3.4 Million Years, Signs of the Apocalypse, Hooters

Next Up, Apocalypse?: News surfaced in the UK that meat from the offspring of cloned cows ended up in the food supply last year. Food products from cloned animals are supposed to "pass a safety evaluation and gain authorization before they are marketed in Europe." Additionally, genetically modified canola was spotted growing wild along roadsides in North Dakota, an "unprecedented" escape into the wild of GMOs. via BBC News and the Cornucopia Institute

Sour Times for Monk's Cafe: Famed Philly beer joint Monk's Belgian Café was hit by a city bus, causing it to shut down for repairs for up to two weeks. via City Paper's Meal Ticket

Meat Eatin', 3.4 Million Years Strong: Fossilized animal bones dug up in Ethiopia show cut marks from human tools, suggesting our meat-eating habits started a million years earlier than previously thought. via Reuters Africa

Just Put Your Lunch on the Toilet: Office refrigerators may be a germier place to put your lunch than the bathroom, according to the Globe and Mail, which notes that 22 percent of fridges are cleaned only once or twice a year. via Globe and Mail

A Good Read: Bonnie S. Benwick dives into the 50th-anniversary edition of Peg Bracken's classic ’60s cookbook The I Hate to Cook Book with humorous results. The chicken-rice Roger casserole, though bland, still holds up as solid in concept. The beef à la king, not so much: "I made it and brought it to the office. No one dared to put a spoon in, and my newsroom colleagues will eat anything."

Thread of the Week: Our redesign causes some waves. 343 and climbing waves on a thread called "I hate the new release."

Deaths, Firings, Recalls, and Other Endings:

•Fresh Express voluntarily recalls Veggie Lovers Salad due to possible listeria contamination.

Debuts, Openings, and Other Beginnings:

•Pop-Tarts opens a Times Square store, Pop-Tarts World, selling stuff like "sushi" made with chopped Pop-Tarts wrapped in a fruit roll. Cue media frenzy.

•The first Hooters in an airport opens in Frankfurt, Germany.

•Meanwhile, the "restaurant" is protested by feminists in Cardiff, Wales, who don't want one in the city center.