Guilty Pleasures...

1. Bacon Bullies in Prison (DAILY STAR)
2. Subway Worker Throws Pot of Soup on Would Be Robber in Ghost Mask (SUN TIMES)
3. Chick-Fil-A Graffiti: Tastes Like Freedom … No Jail for Artist (TMZ)
4. Ind. teen allegedly stabbed man who ate his food (SF GATE)
5. Waffle House Chairman Required Employee to Perform Sex Acts (ABC NEWS)
6. Nine-Year Old Boy Spends Parents’ Life Savings on Candy; Is Crowned King of Kids (And World’s Worst Son) (GAWKER)
7. Thief Steals Car Used To Deliver Chinese Food And Then Makes The Deliveries! (RADAR ONLINE)
8. New York Steak & Lobster Rustler Busted (UPI)
9. 18-Tons of Chocolate Stolen in Austria (USA TODAY)
10. Porn Star Briana Banks Busted for DUI at McDonald’s Drive-Thru (TMZ)

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

1. A Complete Look at Spago Beverly Hills, Reopened and Refreshed (GRUB STREET)
2. Campanile closing? The LA dining scene loses a standard-setter (LA TIMES)
3. French Laundry hosts Bocuse d’Or training (SF GATE)
4. The Best Restaurant In Italy — Or Best Restaurant In The World? (FORBES)
5. Can you get thrown out of an all-you-can-eat buffet? (GUARDIAN)
6. New York’s New Tavern will still cost a lot of ‘Green’ (NY POST)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Anthony Scanio named chef de cuisine at Emeril’s Delmonico (NOLA)
2. Martha Stewart & Emeril Lagasse Sued Over Faulty Knives (PEREZ HILTON)
3. The Table for One Interview: Marcus Samuelsson (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
4. Jeremiah Tower Bringing Epic Food Hall to New Rochelle, New York (EATER)
5. MasterChef Graham Elliot Lawsuit Settled (TMZ)
6. Chefs Wolfgang Puck, Masaharu Morimoto talk airport food – VIDEO (LA TIMES)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Mimi Sheraton Recalls André Soltner Working the Floor (EATER)
2. I’ll grill you in court: Ramsay sued by father-in-law’s mistress over ‘secret filming’ through bedroom window (DAILY MAIL)
3. Chef widows: my life as a side dish (GUARDIAN)
4. Hail to the chef: New York restaurants celebrate Julia Child’s 100th birthday (NY DAILY NEWS)
5. Pati Jinich flexes her muscles for season two of ‘Pati’s Mexican Table’ (WASHINGTON POST)
6. What Happens When A Chef Puts His E-Mail Address On A Menu? (FOOD REPUBLIC)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food? If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. London’s Borough Market (SERIOUS EATS)
2. Flamenco & Feasting (THE AGE)
3. Chef Tempts Tourists Back to Tijuana by Focusing on the Food - AUDIO (NPR)
4. Los Angeles: Global BBQ (DISCOVER LOS ANGELES)
5. San Francisco’s Secret Menu Items (EATER)
6. International Dining Etiquette Rules (BUDGET TRAVEL)
7. Map of Paris Bakeries (PARIS BY MOUTH)
8. Lost, Then Found: New York Food Classics (NY TIMES)
9. Food Trails: Food Vacations (CONDE NAST TRAVELER)
10. A Cook’s Tour of Barcelona (TORONTO SUN)