Guilty Pleasures…

1. Argument over butter gets ugly, police say (WENATCHEE WORLD)
2. Chef who was stabbed and beaten to death was ‘in wrong place at wrong time’, court hears (DAILY RECORD)
3. Former Araka chef Mark Curran charged with theft (KSDK)
4. Restaurant Owner Arrested For Sex Abuse Of 16-Year-Old Girl (WPIX)
5. Ex-Burger King employee gets 5 years for poisoning food with painkillers (PALM BEACH POST)
6. Restaurant owner’s wife illegally re-entered U.S. (NEWS MESSENGER)

Video clips featuring culinary subject matter: your favorite chefs, the latest restaurant openings, food product releases and more!

1. Mario Batali Makes His Indie-Horror Debut (GRUB STREET)
2. Celebrity and world renowned chefs speak about the oil disaster’s impact on Gulf seafood and the coast’s way of life (CNN)
3. Slow Food Movement: The Greener Diet (HUFFINGTON POST)
4. Poblano & Garlic-Infused Vodka (HOW2HEROES)
5. Foie Gras Protesters Outside Beast Show Off Rhyming Skills, Chef Naomi Pomeroy (EATER)
6. How to lead and inspire a restaurant team (BIG HOSPITALITY)

On tonight’s menu:

1. TV Taps Talents and Expertise of Salon.com Senior Food Writer (MARKET WATCH)
2. Demise of a Hot Dog Duel: Kobayashi Retires (TIME)
3. Film critic Roger Ebert may not eat, but can still write book of recipes for the rice cooker (STAR TRIBUNE)
4. Eating Cards (ABC12)
5. How Canada destroyed, and now may rescue, an Italian treasure (GLOBE & MAIL)
6. Charles Phan Is Writing Not One, But Two Cookbooks (GRUB STREET)

A Baker’s Dozen:

1. Triple-Patty Rodeo Whopper Available for a Limited Time at Burger King in Japan (SERIOUS EATS)
2. Your most smokin’ hot dogs: From international interpretations to all-American mash-ups, sausages for the summer and beyond (SALON)
3. Top New Orleans chef Susan Spicer sues BP over seafood losses (REUTERS)
4. A Taste Of Iran, Served Up By ‘Conflict Kitchen’ (NPR)
5. Panera to open more pay-what-you-wish restaurants (USA TODAY)
6. The World’s Skinniest Woman Is American, Eats Junk Food Every 15 Minutes (GAWKER)
7. America’s Biggest Eaters: Sonya ‘The Black Widow’ Thomas (MY FOX NEW YORK)
8. America’s Biggest Eaters: Patrick ‘Deep Dish’ Bertoletti (MY FOX DETROIT)
9. McDonald’s heir robbed of £250,000 at his French villa (TELEGRAPH)
10. Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner Dish On Her Culinary Skills (MTV)
11. Fat and calorie bombs: Every state has worst-for-you foods (USA TODAY)
12. Fancy Food: Prizewinning Oatcakes, Italian Honors (THE ATLANTIC)
13. ‘Blue mozzarella’ producer faces EU block (ANSI.IT)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food?

If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. Ramen – Japan’s super slurpy noodles (GUARDIAN)
2. New Tour Shows off Helsinki’s Culinary Scene (TAC)
3. Celebrate the English Summer with Picnics from Gordon Ramsay (PR FIRE)
4. Gourmet food trucks debut at Disneyland (OC REGISTER)
5. Correspondent’s diary: Drinking in Budapest’s “ruin pubs” (ECONOMIST)
6. A ‘Food Lovers’ Guide to Brooklyn’ Is Published (NY TIMES)
7. London’s Savoy to Reopen 10/10/10 (ETRAVEL BLACKBOARD)
8. Holy Mole Poblano (ALL ABOUT PUEBLA)
9. From Croatia to Chile, four exciting culinary trips (CNN)
10. Three foodie adventures for those who vacation to eat (THE STAR)