Quick Bites
- Mercat a la Planxa's Jose Garces flays Bobby Flay on Iron Chef [Philly City Paper]
- Applebee's "owns riblets." Wonderful; another reason not to go. [NYT]
- Joanna MIller delves into a vegetarian nicoise salad. [My Vegetable Blog]
- A teaser for Paul Kahan's upcoming the Publican. [Drive-Thru]
- Food Chain on Alliance Bakery Break-In [Food Chain]
- TOC reveals the secret of Carnivale's Mojitos. [TOC]
- Chris Borelli of the Tribune braves the opening of the Aurora Sonic [Tribune]
- TOC's John Dugan likes BK's apple fries. [TOC]
- It only takes $250 and some chutzpah to win a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. [Kottke, via]
- MenuPages Chicago is meh about iCream (Ed. Note: A sentiment echoed by Margaret). [MenuPages Chicago]
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