By Evan Milberg
How 17-year-old Sarah Kavanaugh got Coke and Pepsi to remove a controversial ingredient, brominated vegetable oil (BVO), from their products. [AP, USA Today]
Former “Top Chef” contestant Bryan Voltaggio brings Family Meal restaurant to One Loudoun later this year, plus Okada Japanese Steakhouse and a Washington Redskins Grill will also open in the area. [Loudoun Times]
Sicilian Francesco Galante is fighting the mafia through food. [NPR]
Cronut creator Dominique Ansel won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef. Here’s the NoVA spin on the cronut. (All James Beard winners.) [NVM]
Is coconut the new superfood? [WaPo]