On tonight’s menu:

1. The Making of a Celebrity Chef (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
2. How to Raise a Foodie (KGUN9)
3. A Vibrant Culture of Food Blogging (NY TIMES)
4. The Unhealthiest Salads in America (MEN’S HEALTH)
5. Heston Blumenthal, Delia Smith Form Unlikely Culinary Alliance (BLOOMBERG)
6. NorCal man gets nearly 8 years in cheese theft (SJ MERCURY NEWS)
7. A Tokyo restaurateur’s passion for rice (FINANCIAL TIMES)
8. New York Chef Makes Cheese From His Wife’s Breast Milk (PARENT DISH)
9. Michelin Stars and Other Honors (NY TIMES)
10. North Korean who shopped for dictators goes public (WRAL)
11. How Nobu Got Help With the Wake-Up (ABC NEWS)
12. Fan Sues Royals Over Hot Dog Incident (KNBC)

Hot out of the Fryolater…

1. Top 5 Weirdest Food-Vending Machines from Around the World (NEW TIMES)
2. Hell’s Kitchen Turns 100 (LA TIMES)
3. Wolfgang Puck’s Tips for an Award-Winning Oscar Party (SLASH FOOD)
4. Alabama Man Attacked With Worcestershire Sauce Bottle (NPR)
5. Barefoot Contessa An Ode to Ina: in Three Acts (GAWKER)
6. Fromgirls fight back against drop in French cheese sales (TELEGRAPH)
7. Maria Hines on The Martha Stewart Show‘s Female Chefs Episode (SEATTLEST)
8. Kids In Restaurants: The New York Response (NBC NY)
9. Found in the Louvre: Art & Food Mixed Deliciously (JUST LUXE)
10. Grapefruit-Mint Panna Cotta: A Taste of Spring – AUDIO (NPR)
11. Cuisine d’Nostalgia: Ten foods you only eat because you used to (WESTWORD)
12. Kickboxing Brighton chef sculpts dragon from lard (ARGUS)

Hot out of the oven:

1. Go RED with a healthy lifestyle! (WTSP)
2. Graham Elliot Bowles, Chef (BLACK BOOK)
3. Michelin-starred chef quits restaurant in row over ‘poncey food’ (TIMES ONLINE)
4. A Day in the Life of Bianca Henry, ‘Today’ Show Food Stylist (SERIOUS EATS)
5. Wolfgang Puck to Create 2010 Oscar’s Governors Ball Menu (SHOPPING BLOG)
6. Hooters chain seeks buyer; could fetch $250M (NY POST)
7. Saluting Deadliest Catch star Capt. Phil Harris with his crab-stuffed mushrooms (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)
8. From street food to upscale dining, LA is the best place in the world to eat now (SAVEUR)
9. Food Network Chef: Here’s Why I Got Arrested… (TMZ)
10. With the World’s Best Young Chefs — “Cooking It Raw” in Pasolini Country (HUFFINGTON POST)
11. Campbell’s Gets New Executive Chef (SLASH FOOD)
12. Would You Trust a 145-Pound Chef? (ABC NEWS)

Dinner is served…

1. RED O By Rick Bayless to Open in L.A. (R&I)
2. Top Chef Masters Season 2 Competitors & Guests: Mark Peel, Jonathan Waxman, Marcus Samuelsson & Jody Adams
3. In Haiti, a rum everyone can agree on (LA TIMES)
4. Teen, cafeteria aide charged in food fight brawl (WASHINGTON POST)
5. Martin Yan dishes on Lunar New Year celebrations and food (MERCURY NEWS)
6. 10 ways to spot a pretentious restaurant (TIMES ONLINE)

On tonight’s menu:

1. Guide names 30 ‘most important’ restaurants (NATION’S RESTAURANT NEWS)
2. Top Chefs Fete Chinese New Year with Lavish Feasts (THE STREET)
3. First Lady Begins Fight Against Childhood Obesity (WASHINGTON POST)
4. Fake Food Coupons Spread in Haiti (NY TIMES)
5. EU gets ‘Euro-leaf’ logo for organic food (BBC NEWS)
6. Chicago Inspectors Trash More Food at Shared Kitchen – AUDIO (CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO)
   
7. Fifty-One Gravies to Please Your Man (SLATE)
8. Chef presses on with Scots wine (BBC)
9. NYC ‘Top Chef’ walking tour offers food fun even if you’ve never seen the show (CANADIAN PRESS)
10. Top International Chefs to Spice Up Vancouver During the Olympic Winter Games (PR NEWSWIRE)