I enjoy studying food, catching up on food-related news, and witticisms, which is likely a combination that some readers will enjoy and will leave others scratching their heads. Fair warning, such may be the case for this edition of Food News Round Up, which covers: Stanford’s recent study on organic food McDonald’s menu labeling press coverage Election 2012 and the role of food in politics Latest food trends of the moment Leftover food news By the end, you’ll have engaged in a tasty selection of the last couple of week’s worth of food-related news — and what better way to engage all of the senses as you read the news than to spell out “smell” in the process? Stanford’s Organic Food Study I’d be remiss to not say something about the recent Stanford meta-analysis of 237 studies that concluded that eating organic offers few health benefits, so I’ll just go ahead and get that out of the way first: Mark Bittman’s “Links” feature starts off with a handful of responses to the study. Consumer Reports urges …