À la carte…

1. Paul McCartney launches his first cookbook – and it’s meat-free (OTTAWA CITIZEN)
2. The Dali Museum celebrates the artist’s flair with food (TBO)
3. Haute cuisine gone green: James Beard Foundation focuses on sustainability (GRIST)
4. John Travolta left not so finger lickin’ good after his request to book a table at a West Sussex branch of KFC is denied (DAILY MAIL)
5. ‘Get Well’ Heinz Soup Cans Sent Through Facebook (ABC NEWS)
6. ‘Absolutely Ridiculous’: Restaurant creates 338-pound burger (TODAY)

Bottoms up!

1. Playing Gin: St. George Spirits is at it again (TASTING TABLE)
2. South Africa to ban alcohol advertising (GOOGLE NEWS)
3. For New Wine, Vintage Bottles: Start-Up Cleans, Recycles Empties Once Discarded or Melted Down; an Environmental ‘No-Brainer’ (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
4. Memorial 9/11 Wine?!? WTF?!? (PEREZ HILTON)
5. Green Fairy Tales (GOURMET)
6. Washington hops harvest under way in Yakima Valley (SEATTLE TIMES)

A roundup of new products:

1. Lunch Pot (BLACK & BLUM)
2. “Green” Nonstick Cookware (DAVID LEBOVITZ)
3. Jelly Belly® Inventor David Klein Will Unveil ‘Next Generation’ and the Most Expensive Jelly Beans to be Protected by Uniformed Guards (SF GATE)
4. Joule Chroma iPad Stand in Six Colors (ELEMENT CASE)
5. Zoku Quick Pop: The Homemade Popsicle Maker (FOOD BEAST)
6. TABASCO Family Reserve Bottle (FOOD BEAST)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources:

1. Basil Pesto (GIULIANO HAZAN)
2. Baked Ham with Tangerine-Marmalade Glaze (FINE COOKING)
3. Roast Turkey with Black-Truffle Butter and White-Wine Gravy (EPICURIOUS)
4. Lobster-filled Phyllo Triangles (SOUTHINGTON PATCH)
5. Coffee Lollipops (Coffee on a Stick) (SPRINKLE BAKES)
6. Edna Lewis’s Oven Brisket (LEITES CULINARIA)
7. New-season’s garlic with wild garlic and goat’s curd (THE INDEPENDENT)
8. Syrah Braised Beef Short Ribs (THE KITCHEN TABLE RESTAURANT)
9. Chocolate Biscuit Cake (FREEP.COM)
10. Green Bloody Mary (FOOD REPUBLIC)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Marcus Samuelsson: How I got here - VIDEO (CNN)
2. Chefs to compete for gourmet banh mi crown (REUTERS)
3. Olive Oil: A Chef Challenges the Conventional Wisdom (THE ATLANTIC)
4. Chef builds kitchen of chocolate and sugar (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
5. Ludo Bites America: Ludo Lefebvre Gets a TV Show (EATER)
6. Rick Bayless on Mexican Cuisine in America (YUM SUGAR)
7. In Foodie Nation, Some Chefs Still Want to Secede (TIME)
8. French’s Appoints Corporate Chef (FOOD PRODUCT DESIGN)
9. Chicago: a muy famoso chef goes green (REUTERS)
10. TED2010 Prize Winner Jamie Oliver: One Year Later, Five Major Announcements (PR NEWSWIRE)