The chef recommends:

1. Grant Achatz’s Memoir Hitting Shelves in March (EATER)
2. Interview: Michelin-starred chef Giorgio Locatelli (HOTELIER MIDDLE EAST)
3. French chefs go head-to-head in London (FINANCIAL TIMES)
4. Jamie Oliver gets second US series (TELEGRAPH)
5. Celebrity chef Mario Batali bets on food and wine emporium (USA TODAY)
6. Kostow Crushes Cat Cora in Battle Oats on Iron Chef (GRUB STREET)
   

1. We’ll Always Have Paris! Peripatetic, Poetic and Sweet – A Walking, Literary & Culinary Tour of Paris (BOOK PASSAGE)
2. The Five Best Things I Ate in Oaxaca Mexico (THE PAUPERED CHEF)
3. Five Tasteful U.S. Trips (BUDGET TRAVEL)
4. Ten Places to Eat Now in San Francisco (TABLEHOPPER)
5. World’s Weirdest Food Festivals – SLIDE SHOW (FOOD & WINE)
6. Disney: Epcot Center’s New Pizzeria, Via Napoli – VIDEO (SLICE)
7. Best Beer Museums in the World (GOT SAGA)
8. The 10 Best Lobster Shacks in Maine (TRAVEL & LEISURE)
9. La Tomatina / Buñol, Spain (FLYDIME/FLICKR)
10. 36 Hours in Sonoma (NY TIMES)
11. The Secret to Good Airline Food: Fly Alitalia (ATLANTIC)
12. Extreme Pig Outs: Meals That Will Blow Your Mind and Tip the Scale (TRAVEL CHANNEL)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Man caught trying to steal live lobster from local restaurant (NWF DAILY NEWS)
2. Bush BBQ at the center of German lawsuit (WASHINGTON POST)
3. Alleged cooking oil thieves nabbed (SMDP)
4. Nutraloaf: Cruel and unusual dinner? (BOING BOING)
5. Homeless man accused of stealing $400 in groceries (CAPE COD TIMES)
6. Wendy’s Cook: I Pulled Knife On Co-Worker For Serving Bad Bacon (CONSUMERIST)

1. Why our agricultural empire will fall (SALON)
2. The Legacy of Joe Baum (EDIBLE MANHATTAN)
3. Celebrating the can: 200 years of history preserved (WASHINGTON POST)
4. Eat the Beatles (MARTIN LEWIS)
5. Great dynasties of the world: The Gallos — An American wine-making family in ferment (GUARDIAN)
6. Why Take Food Seriously? (MARK BITTMAN/NEW YORK TIMES)

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

1. Behind the Scenes Look at Food for the Emmys (CBS)
2. Mark Bittman Recreates Recipes from Noma, the Best Restaurant in the World Winner (SHOPPING BLOG)
3. Shaquille O’Neal and Five Others Face Off Against Joey Chestnut in Hot Dog-Eating Contest
   (EATER)
4. An Introduction to Cherpumple (MENTAL FLOSS)
5. Shopping in Merida’s Historical Central Mercado (IN THE YUCATAN)
6. If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen (YOU TUBE)
7. Pat LaFrieda on ShopNBC: Beyond an Abbondanza of Meats! (EATER)
8. Reasonably Priced Fall Wines (TODAY SHOW/NBC)
9. Lionel Richie whores himself out for chip ad (AD FREAK)
10. Food Wars: LA Truck War (YOU TUBE)