Guilty Pleasures…

1. Woman Guilty Of Murder By Lacing Jell-O With LSD (SEATTLE TIMES)
2. Food Not Bombs Members Arrested for Feeding the Hungry (THE NATION)
3. Murder suspect wants fresh fruit, vegetables in jail (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
4. Accused murderer wants better jail food (SUN TIMES)
5. The death penalty for food crimes? (LA TIMES)
6. Restaurant Worker Sentenced In Poison Salsa Plot (KAKE)

On the menu…

1. Chez Panisse Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary with The Smithsonian, New Book, Herd of Goats (EATER)
2. A Day With Alice Waters (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
3. Japanese eating champ plans to gobble on Fourth (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
4. Looking for Sex? Get in the Kitchen (FOX NEWS)
5. British woman cracks open 29 double-yolked eggs in a row (INDEPENDENT)
6. Japanese pop stars go global with cafe (INDEPENDENT)
7. Blogger jailed over critical restaurant review (TAIPEI TIMES)
8. Macys Launches Zany Food Truck Road Trip: Chefs A Go Go (EATER)
9. Outrage as chef charges $5.30 for tap water (MSNBC)
10. Tennessee Sonic Charges Extra For Iceless Drink (EATER)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources:

1. Key Lime Pie (SHELBY STAR)
2. Rhubarb Roulade (EPICURIOUS)
3. Dilled Smoked-Salmon Hash (FARE SHARE)
4. Timberline Hot Chocolate (BETTER HOMES & GARDENS)
5. Sweet-Tart Watermelon Radish Salad (SUNSET)
6. Drunken Chicken (MY RECIPES)
7. Bacon, Leek and Potato Omelette (DELIA ONLINE)
8. Robert De Niro’s Favorite Spaghetti with Clam Sauce (FOOD & WINE)
9. Soft-shell crab, bacon, and avocado sandwich with aioli (BOSTON.COM)
10. Old-fashioned Homemade Peach Ice Cream (FOOD.COM)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food?

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

1. A Day of Chinese Cooking at Beijing’s Hutong Cuisine (HONEST COOKING)
2. Specialty of the House: Charleston Soul Food (SAVEUR)
3. Cuban Culinary Culture Transformation (FRIENDS EAT)
4. A culinary pilgrimage in and around Seattle (SEATTLE TIMES)
5. California’s New Wine Trail (BUDGET TRAVEL)
6. Foodie fever: 6 great cooking schools (CNN)
7. Boston Chocolate Walking Tours Make For One Sweet Getaway (STONEHAM PATCH)
8. Consider the Pasta of Puglia (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER)
9. Brits Lead the Culinary Revolution in Miami (TELEGRAPH)
10. Chewing the Fat at a Bacon Festival (USA TODAY)

res·tau·rant [res-ter-uhnt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt] – noun an establishment where meals are served to customers…

1. Green Day Bassist Plays Part in Oakland Rebirth: Opens A Restaurant (NBC BAY AREA)
2. Historic Denver Mortuary Now a Slightly Macabre Restaurant (EATER)
3. French restaurant hands back Michelin star (TELEGRAPH)
4. Future Of Restaurant Made Famous By “M-A-S-H” In Doubt (WLWT)
5. The Best BBQ Restaurant in America (BON APPETIT)
6. Lynyrd Skynyrd to Rock Vegas With a Barbecue Restaurant (EATER)
7. ‘Breastaurants’ and 7 Other Hot Restaurant Trends (TIME)
8. Restaurant Groups Sue Labor Department (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
9. Restaurants: ‘There’s an app for that’ (NRN)
10. Restaurants assess flaming dishes after Bananas Foster accident (TAMPA BAY)