The Chef Recommends…

1. Chefs to pay tribute to New Orleans’ queen of Creole cuisine (THE STAR PHOENIX)
2. Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Cuisine Plus The First Wine From Inglenook In 50 Years Equals A Foodie Paradise (FORBES)
3. Legendary Chef Morimoto Shares His Four Laws For Eating Sushi (BUSINESS INSIDER)
4. Gordon Ramsay Is Mad That People Are Mad at Him (EATER)
5. Exclusive extract: Where chefs eat (FINANCIAL TIMES)
6. The Death of Star Chef Bernard Loiseau (CBS NEWS)

Bottoms Up!

1. Cider: Spain’s other great alcoholic beverage (GADLING)
2. Sake 101: Skip it with sushi; try it with a spicy dish (TODAY)
3. Booze bender atop a 120,000 volt electricity pole for lovelorn man (METRO)
4. Queen lays on riding lessons to stop bored staff drinking (DAILY RECORD)
5. Like a fine wine: Ivana Trump displays her ageless beauty as she launches new vintage vino with daughter Ivanka (DAILY MAIL)
6. Make Mine a Vinegar Solution (NY TIMES)

The chef recommends…

1. Before she mastered the art of French cooking: How Julia Child worked for the OSS before she found fame as TV chef (DAILY MAIL)
2. ’Strewth’ says Gordon Ramsay as Aussie restaurant racks up £1.3m losses (SCOTSMAN)
3. Jamie Oliver says his food show in the US was `absolute chaos` (M&C)
4. Chef Raymond Blanc gives salmon dish historic flavour (OXFORD MAIL)
5. Chef Adolfo Garcia’s New Orleans restaurant empire continues to grow (NOLA)
6. Number One Michelin chef opens Congress of signature cuisine (EITB)
7. Chef Chris Cosentino on Taste of the Nation (EXAMINER)
8. Chef Gabrielle Hamilton Is As Tired of Expensive Coffee As She Is of Her Kids’ Buttered Pasta (GRUB STREET)
9. Chatting with Linda Rodriguez, Las Vegas’ rare female sushi chef (LAS VEGAS SUN)
10. Chef and cookbook author Robert Barker dies (NOLA)

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

1. Japanese sushi dropped from Asia hotel menus on radiation fears (BUSINESS WEEK)
2. 83 rescued from floating restaurant that broke away (CTV)
3. New York City Green-Lights Frightening Middle-of-the-Street Restaurants (EATER)
4. Ramsay Bounces Back with Steak Pudding at Savoy Richard Vines (BLOOMBERG)
5. America’s Fastest Growing Restaurants (SLASH FOOD)
6. Celebrity chef Jody Adams has taste for Atlantic Wharf: Opening Second Eatery (BOSTON HERALD)

À la carte…

1. Hot Women Serving Cold Fish Make for Raw Feelings in Tokyo (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
2. 575-Lb Heart Attack Grill Spokesman Dies at 29 (EATER)
3. Toys that really cooked: Turns out you can create a whole dinner menu based on foods made by toys – SLIDE SHOW (SALON)
4. New National Pork Board Campaign Evolves To Celebrate Proud New Brand Identity: Pork® Be inspired (PORK.ORG)
5. Charlie Sheen — The Milk Tweet Was Free (TMZ)
6. Baby Gaga: Star takes legal action over London parlour’s breast milk ice cream flavour (LONDON EVENING STANDARD)
7. Horse owner to sell stallion semen shots at New Zealand food festival (NY DAILY NEWS)
8. Taste: It’s in your nose and memories (CNN)
9. Wendy’s re-launches in Japan after yearlong absence (THE INDEPENDENT)
10. Berlusconi Takes Back Food Jibes (YLE)