• Hillary Clinton threw a fund-raising lunch for amusingly named Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter at Buddakan earlier this week. [NYP]
• Michael Pollan, who had argued for a food-focused secretary of Agriculture, says Obama’s appointment of former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack to the post is “agribusiness as usual.” [NPR]
• Thirty-six-year-old dim-sum spot HSF, included in the very first Zagat survey, has closed its doors. [Zagat]
• According to a sign in its window, beleaguered Village grocery Jefferson Market will reopen soon. [Racked]
• Paige Restaurant Group, owners of Honey, have filed for Chapter 11. [Crain’s via Eater]