My favorite article of the week was in today's LA Times called "Where 'A' Is Not on the Menu". It was a fascinating column about a woman named Siu-Man Chiu who is an LA County health officer and it goes over her job around Los Angeles. She is responsible for the letter grade on the windows of the restaurants around LA. What is fascinating is how poorly Chinese restaurants score. 80% of Los Angeles's restaurants are an A, while virtually no chinese restaurants are. This stat fascinated me most because a C grade allows for absolutely disgusting conditions, yet the business of the restaurant is not in the least bit affected by these scores. All other restaurants have higher likelihood of A's, and have declines in business when they score Cs. Chinese restaurants on the other hand are uneffected. I thought this was very interesting, and it makes me reconsider eating at back-alley type Chinese restaurants.