The Chef Recommends…

1. Chef Suzanne Goin’s Vegetable Voodoo: Cipollini (LEITE’S CULINARIA)
2. A Hong Kong chef who grows her own vegetables (FINANCIAL TIMES)
3. Blumenthal to begin new gastronomic adventure (INDEPENDENT)
4. Heston Blumenthal: ‘For my next trick, a toast sandwich…’ (INDEPENDENT)
5. Chefs and waiters compete in Warner’s Culinary Team of the Year Awards (CATERER SEARCH)
6. A Slice With: Chef Wolfgang Puck (SERIOUS EATS)
7. How right is the customer who blogs? Another one of those ugly spats has broken out between a chef and reviewing bloggers (GUARDIAN)
8. 5@5 – Chef Susan Feniger (CNN)
9. Chef Simon Hulstone visits Scottish fishing industry (EAT OUT MAGAZINE)
10. Essential Jacques Pepin: Behind the Scenes (BAY AREA BITES)

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

1. Five Signs of a Good Phở Restaurant (OC WEEKLY)
2. Restaurants put marketing muscle behind kids’ menus (NRN)
3. Restaurants’ Best Press: ‘Bill Clinton Ate Here’ (NY TIMES)
4. Foodies gaining foothold at LAX (DAILY NEWS LA)
5. What do we tip waiters for? (SALON)
6. NYC Restaurant Group Faces Dissent Before Its Launch (NY TIMES)

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

1. The Four-Star Roach (NY TIMES)
2. New York Waiters Get an Online Bill of Rights (OBSERVER)
3. Attack Washington restaurants: Qaeda (HINDUSTAN TIMES)
4. ‘Restaurant rules should be scrapped’ (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD)
5. Spoiled food, the blame game and forgotten orders: the ugly side of eating out (MLIVE)
6. The Dishes of Noma – SLIDESHOW (SAVEUR)
7. Tavern’s scattered treasures (NY POST)
8. Report: Restaurant transactions up, check average down (NRN)
9. London’s Savoy Hotel reopens – VIDEO (BIG HOSPITALITY)
10. Restaurant.com Sells 1.5 Million Coupons In 48 Hours With Groupon-Style Promotion (SF GATE)

On tonight’s menu:

1. China’s fight against disposable chopsticks (HUFFINGTON POST)
2. Who Knew? Lidia Bastianich and Christopher Walken – AUDIO (THE FOOD SECTION)
3. Sweet Memories: How Jelly Belly Invents Flavors (THE ATLANTIC)
4. Death By Krispy Kreme (PEREZ HILTON)
5. Blind Waiters Serve Diners in the Dark (ABC NEWS)
6. 30-foot long Gulf shrimp & oyster Po’Boy created at the White House (OBAMA FOODARAMA)
7. Watermelons Get Small (NY TIMES)
8. A fantasia in food (LONDON EVENING STANDARD)
9. Top 10 sexiest food porn scenes in film (CITY PAGES)
10. Laziness and Junk Food Are Teen Headaches (ABC)

What you’re craving…

1. 99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die (LA WEEKLY)
2. Ancient Egyptian priests ‘killed by rich ritual food’ (BBC NEWS)
3. Bethenny Frankel Talks Pregnancy Cravings, New Season of Real Housewives (PEOPLE)
4. Sneak Peek: Nintendo’s America’s Test Kitchen Game (YUM SUGAR)
5. Aspiring hot-dog-cart entrepreneurs learn the science of steaming a bun at Vienna Beef’s Hot Dog University – VIDEO (CHICAGO BUSINESS)
6. Waiters sue Waldorf-Astoria for stiffing them on tips and wages (NY DAILY NEWS)
7. Regional barbecue lines blur as the homey food becomes more popular on menus (R&I)
8. Today’s special: Angry tweets from hotheaded chefs (CHAIN LEADER)
9. Are these the world’s best macarons? Pierre Hermé’s world-famous mini-meringues are now available in Britain
   (GUARDIAN)
10. London’s Cipriani restaurant told to change name (REUTERS INDIA)
11. A Dinner Date with India & Spain (NY TIMES)
12. Chefs find quality tinned fish can lower food costs, add buzz to menus (NATION’S RESTAURANT NEWS)