This sounds good…

1. Mark Kurlansky: World Without Fish (COMMONWEALTH CLUB)
2. Foraging The Weeds For Wild, Healthy Greens (NPR)
3. Hot Pot, Delivered: In China, A New Dining Experience (ALL THINGS CONSIDERED / NPR)
4. A Taste of the Past – Episode 59 – The Potato: How it Changed the World (HERITAGE RADIO NETWORK)
5. NPR Food Podcast (TUNE IN)
6. Cherries; Brain Food; Backyard Bounty Feeds the Hungry (GOOD FOOD / KCRW)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Raw Deal: Feds’ sting of a humble Amish farmer for the heinous crime of selling raw milk (INVESTORS.COM)
2. 16 Restaurants Caught Selling Wild Animals (TUOITRE NEWS)
3. From prison kitchen to Food Network (KALMAZOO NEWS)
4. Restaurant owners accused of trying to kill competitor (FREEP)
5. Thieves Prey on Starbucks Customers (SLASH FOOD)
6. McRage: Why is there so much violent crime at fast-food restaurants? (SLATE)

On the lunch menu…

1. Whoopie Pie Bill May Lead to Food Fight (KJ ONLINE)
2. Big whoop! The battle over Maine’s official state dessert – VIDEO (CNN)
3. Food is Now Huffable (NBC BAY AREA)
4. The power of bread in the Middle East – SLIDE SHOW (GLOBE & MAIL)
5. Hamburger University Shanghai Is Sizzling (BUSINESS WEEK)
6. A Chicken Chain’s Corporate Ethos Is Questioned by Gay Rights Advocates (NY TIMES)
7. Shark’s Fin Comes Off Chinatown Menu as Cruelty Campaign Sways U.K. Chefs (BLOOMBERG)
8. New Recipe Search Engine Brings Food to Facebook (MASHABLE)
9. Where the Wild Foods Are: A Master Class in the Art of Foraging (DETAILS)
10. Chinese New Year, Trinidad-Style (NPR)

Bottoms Up!

1. Oh, Snap: German holiday cookies in pourable form (TASTING TABLE)
2. Wild For Wine, China Pumps Up Demand, Prices – AUDIO (NPR)
3. California-themed bars to open across Asia (DECANTER)
4. Do Booze & Food Trucks Mix? (SLASH FOOD)
5. How to Handle a Wine with Hugh Johnson – VIDEO (DECANTER)
6. Finally! Liquor Labels Go 3-D (GRUB STREET)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Chef Art Smith, Elmo Team up to Cook up Good Nutrition (ABC NEWS)
2. Bloomberg TV presents: Lidia’s Empire: From Italy to Eataly – VIDEO (YOU TUBE)
3. Michael Mina – The Man, The Restaurant – Returns to Aqua’s Old Space (Cue the Magic) (7X7)
4. So the Best Chefs in the World Walk into a Bar…. (EATER)
5. Gordon Ramsay Fingered in Trashy Lawsuit (TMZ)
6. Jamie Oliver Warns LA He’s On His Way (SLASH FOOD)
7. Eric Ripert talks holidays, ‘Top Chef’ and bromance (TODAY / MSNBC)
8. Charlie Palmer Becomes The Latest Celebrity Chef With A Burger Joint (LUXIST)
9. Gitane’s top chef Britget Batson on the giving back for the holidays (SF EXAMINER)
10. The Big Giveback: Chefs, Volunteerism and The Call to Nurture (SF GATE)
11. Foodies! See Homes of Famous Chefs (ZILLOW BLOG)
12. Chefs Look for Wild Ingredients Nobody Else Has (NY TIMES)