Quick Bites

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Mar 18, 2010 5:40PM

• First, a Dark Lord golden ticket update: tickets went on sale at 7 p.m. yesterday and sold out in 55 minutes, amidst server crashes and complaints about shipping fees. Three Floyds promises to not charge shipping to those who purchased tickets. [Beernews.org, Three Floyds]
• Earlier this week First Lady Michelle Obama urged the Grocery Manufacturers Association to improve efforts to provide healthy eating options and join her fight against childhood obesity. [Politico]
• Kevin Pang brings to light the details about Grahamwich's location and what will be served there when in opens in late May/early June. [The Stew]
• Heather Shouse reviewed The Rabbit Hole, a genuine underground supper club. If you browse through the photos, you'll see Stephanie Izard in a couple of them. [Time Out Chicago]
• Mike Sula details the people behind Franks N' Dawgs in Lincoln Park. [Food Chain]
• Sun-Times reporter Maureen Jenkins takes a look at how today's chefs are teaching their kids to appreciate the food of other countries and cultures, highlighting WAVE's Kristine Subido and Lockwood's Phillip Foss. [Sun-Times]
• To appeal to health-conscious consumers, Kraft Foods will cut salt in their prepared foods by 10 percent overall over the next two years. [AP, via]
• Bleeding Heart Bakery joins in the class-action extortion lawsuit against Yelp! [Eater National]
• The title of this article — "Hipsters on food stamps" — is intended to bait readers and overshadows an informative and well-written piece on how a raised awareness of food and our economic reality is driving many single young people to file for SNAP assistance. [Salon]
• Chicago Shares, which Camela Furry wrote about in October, has integrated an online payment system allowing folks to purchase vouchers online. [Inbox]