• Over 60 percent of restaurant workers don’t stay home when they’re sick, finds a new study. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• In the midst of the recession, doughnut business is booming. [Time]
• McDonald’s is now denying any plans to eliminate health insurance. [USAT]
• Cookbook author and chef Nathalie Dupree is running for Senate in South Carolina. [The Caucus/NYT]
• New York’s piano bar scene is still strong. [NYT]
• A phone number on a box of Chad Ochocinco–branded cereal was supposed to send callers to a charity hot line, but instead, sent them to a sex line. [NYT]