The Chef Recommends…

1. Platelist: Chef Tony Maws Pursues Love of Cooking from Grandma’s Kitchen to James Beard Awards – VIDEO (NIGHTLINE / ABC)
2. Food Revolution star Jamie Oliver joins Wolfgang Puck and Paula Deen among America’s top-earning chefs (DAILY MAIL)
3. The 10 Most Successful Chefs in America (THE KITCHEN DAILY)
4. The 15 Highest Paid Chefs In America (POWERWALL / MSN)
5. Eclipse of the Proprietor, Rise of the Chef (NY TIMES)
6. I’m a very lucky girl’: Lily Allen gets a cookery lesson from Gordon Ramsay on her hen do (DAILY MAIL)
7. Anti-San Francisco Chef David Chang Charges $5 for a Coke; Fury Ensues (SFIST)
8. Star Chef Thomas Keller Is Mulling Pop-Up Restaurant at London’s Harrods (BLOOMBERG)
9. Chez Panisse Chef to Open Artisan Butcher Shop in Berkeley (BERKELEY SIDE)
10. Chef Anne Gingrass Makes Spicy Pommes Frites – RECIPE (NRN)

On the menu…

1. Nightline Jumps on the ‘Pie Is the New Cupcake’ Bandwagon – VIDEO (EATER)
2. Hot Dougs Dubbed Best in Chicago (DEERFIELD PATCH)
3. China Expands Import Ban (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
4. Mario Batali Has His Doubts About All These Gwyneth Paltrow Rumors (GRUB STREET)
5. How do you eat yours? Chip shop owner serves up Creme Eggs… deep fried (DAILY MAIL)
6. Boston Mayor to City: Get Your Coke Elsewhere (GRUB STREET)
7. Battle For Your Burger Buck Heating Up – VIDEO (CBS 2 / YAHOO!)
8. A gray area over food dyes (LA TIMES)
9. Legendary L.A. Restaurateur Giorgio Baldi Dies (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
10. Food Truck Explosion Leaves Two Hospitalized (GOTHAMIST)

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

1. Bent Objects: Hilarious Food Art (COOLEST ONE)
2. SXSW Food Panels (AUSTIN 360)
3. Pilot: Foodies Web Series (YUM SUGAR)
4. Eric Corbin Reclaiming His Title as Pizza Acrobat World Champion (SF GATE)
5. New Orleans is Gumbo (EAT TV)
6. Charlie Sheen’s #Winning Recipes! (FUNNY OR DIE / FOODISTA)
7. Food in 140 Characters or Less: Talking Social Media at the IACP Conference (EAT TV)
8. Nightline 3/09: The Heart Attack Grill (ABC)
9. See Inside: Bruce Cost’s Fresh Ginger Ginger Ale Factory (FOOD CURATED)
10. Pork (MRWEEBL’S CHANNEL / YOU TUBE)

Hot out of the oven:

1. Martha Stewart, cupcake queen of America, set to invade the UK (THE INDEPENDENT)
2. Food as Art: Exhibit of Artists’ Gardens (TREEHUGGER)
3. Is Chelsea Clinton going green with a vegan wedding? (USA TODAY)
4. Behind the Scenes with Hollywood Food Stylist Susan Spungen (BON APPETIT)
5. New awards to salute artisan food producers (SF GATE)
6. Andrew Zimmern Discusses His Druggie, Homeless Past on Nightline Tonight
   (EATER)
7. Meet the Contestants on Top Chef: Just Desserts (GRUB STREET)
   
8. Yanks serve Gord with $2m tax bill: US demand adds to TV chef Ramsay’s woes (NEWS OF THE WORLD)
9. City Made of Jelly (EVIL SUNDAY)
10. Secret of English muffin ‘nooks & crannies’ is safe for now (USA TODAY)

The Sunday roast:

1. 2009 in film: Comedy of Cooking a Contender for Top Spot (TIMES COLONIST)
2. Denver grandmother gave tot cannabis cookie (THE SUN)
3. Four Christmas carolers shot over stolen bread (INQUIRER)
4. Keep ‘em wild: Willie Nelson joins the Animal Welfare Institute’s efforts to save the last of America’s wild horses from being slaughtered for human consumption (NY POST)
5. Chef Marco Pierre White cooks for UK football boss Steve Bruce (SUNDAY SUN)
6. In anticipation of her appearance on ABC’s Nightline on Monday, Rachael Ray’s FHM photos are once again hot (BUMPSHACK)
7. The year in food: changing tastes — When it comes to restaurants, there’s something new on the menu. Think rock ‘n’ roll, not rock-star chefs (LA TIMES)
8. Culinary tourism builds steam: Alliance promotes Michigan travel, food (DETROIT NEWS)
9. McDonald’s brings makeover to Manhattan (THONLINE.COM)
10. Ticket Replay: Sarah Palin’s book sparks attack on vegetarian critic (LA TIMES)
11. Two Dead in Dispute Over California Ice Cream Business (FOX NEWS)
12. Folgers Coffee purchase gave Smucker one profitable jolt: Surviving 2009 (CLEVELAND.COM)