In a little over a week a year of anticipation will give way to impatient waiting by the mailbox as the Alinea cookbook arrives for those who pre-ordered it this time last year (including your humble food and drink editor). Some bookstores may already be selling the five-plus-pound omnibus — Anthony said he spent a half hour at Book Cellar over the weekend just thumbing through it — but the preorders come with signatures from Grant Achatz and the Alinea team. more ›

Some chef news for you: Monday both Chicago Mag's Dish and TOC broke the news that Avenues' Graham Elliot Bowles will be leaving the AAA five-diamond award winning restaurant in April to open a new restaurant in the former Harvest on Huron space (217 W. Huron). more ›