À la carte…

1. Snooki Complains About Healthy Italian Food (WET PAINT)
2. Rib cocktail, fried Kool-Aid, bacon items among new fair foods (SJ-R.COM)
3. World’s Largest Cream Puff at Wisconsin State Fair – VIDEO (SHOPPING BLOG)
4. Mon dieu! Baguette vending machines in France? (LA TIMES)
5. Our addiction to technology trumps caffeine, chocolate and alcohol (LA TIMES)
6. Nine Racy Oyster Names (THE DAILY MEAL)
7. Salmonella superbug on the rise (BBC)
8. Two UMSL grads share a philosophy of salume-making (STL TODAY)
9. More Than Noma: Eating Death In Denmark (HONEST COOKING)
10. Spanish Chain Plans US Sandwich Domination, 4,000 Shops (EATER)

Bottoms Up!

1. Malibu Black is the 70 Proof Younger, Stronger Version of the Original (FOOD BEAST)
2. Six Things You Didn’t Know About Sam Adams’ $150 Utopias Beer (THE FEAST)
3. I Spirit: A Timeless Italian Vodka (EAT ITALIAN)
4. 670 gallons of wine seized from home (WAVY)
5. The Bloody Mary Makeover (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
6. Five Wines Paired with Rock ‘n’ Roll: Steven Grubbs (CNN)

Bottoms Up…

1. Colt 45 blasted over Blast alcopop ads (CNN)
2. Patron sues Yaletown restaurant for over-serving him liquor (THE PROVINCE)
3. Which Newly Minted Oscar Winner Is Following Up With Booze Ad? (E! ONLINE)
4. Distillers Take a New Approach to Canadian Whiskies (NY TIMES)
5. Italian official bans ‘Jersey Shore’ gang from boozing on film (THE CLICKER / MSN)
6. Alcohol: Why Are Toddlers Getting Booze at Family Restaurants? – VIDEO (ABC NEWS)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Pizza bandits on crime spree (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
2. Toddler mistakenly served alcohol at Michigan Applebee’s (ALL HEADLINE NEWS)
3. Durham man who sold fake gluten-free bread gets 11 years in prison (NEWS OBSERVER)
4. Justice is served, but more so after lunch: how food-breaks sway the decisions of judges (DISCOVER MAGAZINE)
5. Mark Iacono, owner of famous Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali, stabbed in brazen afternoon attack on street (NY DAILY NEWS)
6. Police dig up $8 million worth of South Korean money buried in garlic field (ALL HEADLINE NEWS)
7. RCMP probing theft of 500 pounds of lobster (THE COAST GUARD)
8. Lobster thief on the loose in New Hampshire (NECN)
9. Hong Kong’s most defiant egg waffle vendor: ‘Go ahead and arrest me’ (CNN GO)
10. Is this the saddest last meal ever? Death row murderer opts for tuna salad and potatoes (but at least it was healthy) (DAILY MAIL)

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

1. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants? Says Who? (NEW YORK TIMES)
2. Charlie Sheen enjoys Southern Hospitality (IOL)
3. Top Chefs Name Their Favorite New Restaurants (EPICURIOUS)
4. Review: Next (CHICAGOIST)
5. Applebee’s, Olive Garden face PR problem serving alcohol to kids (USA TODAY)
6. Bourdain and Andrés Enjoy 52 Courses at El Bulli, Cry a Little, and Tweet About It (GRUB STREET)
7. The Soup Nazi is opening a restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf: The Original Soupman (SF GATE)
8. Unwanted New Item on Menu: Higher Prices (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
9. Restaurants say consumers are finally ordering healthier meals (USA TODAY)
10. David Bouley’s Brushstroke Uses Books For Walls (GOTHAMIST)