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  1. Caught in the Act
    Fire in the PoêleEric Ripert might set your kitchen on fire.
  2. Old Stuff
    Slow Food: Divers Discover 2,000-Year-Old Ship Filled With Food and Wine OffWe hear the year 4 was a great vintage.
  3. Quote of the Day
    We Hope His Buddies Call Him ‘Biscuit’ NowIf you slather yourself in Crisco, you’ve got to deal with the consequences.
  4. Sounds Good
    Thomas Keller Rolling Out Homey, Family-Style Meals at TWC BouchonKeller’s kitchen is putting out braised short ribs, roast chicken, and ribs with mac ‘n’ cheese.
  5. Lingo
    What Danny Meyer’s Customer-Tracking System Really Says About YouMr. Hospitality is keeping tabs on you.
  6. Parodies
    Fake, Guy Fieri–Starring Road House Parody Script Is the Internet“Guy Cooler (played by Guy Fieri) is hangin’ out behind the bar, peepin’ all the babes and makin’ sure everyone’s safe.”
  7. Other Magazines
    Newsweek Just Reuses Stock Food Photo for Its Latest CoverSucks to be their photo department.
  8. The Feeding Tube
    America’s Supply of Cheftestants Officially DepletedFood Network’s newest cooking show makes a point of recycling former contestants.
  9. Lawsuits
    Owners of Charleston’s Husk to Pay $1.1M in Drunk-Driving SettlementNeighborhood Dining Group will pay up after a Husk employee is deemed responsible for a fatal accident.
  10. Choking Chick-fil-A
    How Long Before This Fake Chick-fil-A Twitter Feed Gets Banned?We bet @chickfula won’t be around for long.
  11. Choking Chick-fil-A
    Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day and John Goodman’s Gay-Loving Colonel SandersChick-fil-A’s CEO and President Obama totally have the same stance on gay marriage, says some dope.
  12. Quote of the Day
    Knife Skills RequiredSandwiches weren’t always so easy to make.
  13. Booze News
    Gin-and-Tonics Back on Tap at Gin PalaceThe SLA gives the go-ahead to cocktail taps at the East Village gin joint.
  14. Winners
    Here Are Our Five Favorite Food-Cliché SentencesCheck out some nom-tastic food writing.
  15. Rants
    Stick a Fork in ‘Em: Which Food-Writing Clichés Should We Toss OutWhy are short ribs always “meltingly tender”? And while we’re at it, can we all agree that “bill of fare” has no place in 21st-century food writing?
  16. Accessories
    Eleven Madison Park ‘Cork Presenter’ Costs More Than a Decent BottleThough it probably would make our $7 bottles of wine look a little classier.
  17. Studies
    Hitting the Bottle: Study Finds Lots of Women Keep Right on Drinking WhileDidn’t science just inform us that this was okay, though?
  18. Lawsuits
    Grand Central Tenant Refusing to Make Way for Shake ShackZócalo’s owners are fighting for their right to stay.
  19. Summer Reading
    Canon Cuisine: Real Photos of Made-up MealsA new photo series re-creates some famous literary meals.
  20. RIP
    ‘Queen of Soul Food’ Sylvia Woods Dies at 86Her legendary restaurant turns 50 this year.
  21. The Chain Gang
    Chick-fil-A Happy to Sell Chicken to Gay People, Still Supportive of Anti-GayJust because they don’t support equal marriage rights doesn’t mean they don’t support everyone’s right to give them money.
  22. Coming Soon
    John DeLucie’s Redo of Bill’s Gay Nineties Will Be Called …The chef lets New York’s worst kept secret out of the bag.
  23. Video Feed
    Watch Andy Warhol Eat a WhopperPlus: ‘Lucky Peach’ looks at the pop artist’s relationship to food.
  24. Chef Shuffle
    Cornelius Gallagher Out at DragonflyThe chef leaves the restaurant he helped open just this past April.
  25. Empire Building
    Wahlberg Brothers Hire Panera Bigwig to Spearhead Wahlburgers National ExpansionThe bread chain’s former COO will lead Mark, Donnie, et al.
  26. Strange Phenomena
    On Frank Ocean, Channel Orange, and Taste SynesthesiaTurns out people can taste words and see food — and we’re jealous!
  27. Crime Scenes
    Cat Cora Caught Driving Under the InfluenceThe celeb chef’s blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit.
  28. Star Power
    Watch Ryu (and Kanye) Debut on the Kardashian ShowThe Fatty Crew/Kardashian kollaboration makes its cable-TV debut.
  29. Video Feed
    Here’s How You Make a Big Mac (Kind Of)You forgot the propylene glycol alginate, chef.
  30. Off-Cuts
    Vegas Strip Muscles Its Way Into New YorkNow you can buy mystery meat at a few downtown restaurants!
  31. Bookshelf
    Mark Bittman Turning ‘Vegan Before 6’ Philosophy Into a Book’VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health … for Good’ will hit bookshelves next March.
  32. Quote of the Day
    Critical MassRestaurant critics have it great.
  33. Gut Busters
    Heart Attacks for All!A federal judge says the 2nd Ave. Deli can continue to sell its Heart-Attack Sandwiches.
  34. March of the Pigs
    Feeding Troughs: Pork Megaproducer Smithfield Foods Opening Stand-aloneThere’s a menu section called “For the Little Piglets.”
  35. Shenanigans
    Duplicitous Vegans Sneak Into Times StoryThe Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine strikes again.
  36. Summer Vacations
    Anthony Bourdain’s Got a New Show, Big Summer PlansHe’s got a reality show on ABC and wants to barbecue with Rachael Ray. When did Tony get so soft?
  37. The Private Lives of Chefs
    Naked Chef: Jamie Oliver’s Wife Reads His E-mails, ApparentlyShe wants to make sure Jamie keeps it in his pantry.
  38. Other Magazines
    Fancypants: Bon Appétit Teaming Up With Banana RepublicWe would have called it Banappétit.
  39. The Chain Gang
    Alaska Town Actually Happy to Be Overrun With Taco Bell FoodAt least some people are happy about eating crappy tacos.
  40. Other Magazines
    Kate Upton and Paula Deen Square Off on America’s NewsstandsThe glossies get hot.
  41. The Chain Gang
    Drunk Woman Orders Bad Fast FoodPolice nabbed an Ontario woman at a McDonald’s drive-thru.
  42. Cookie Controversy
    Prideful Oreo Pic Offends Exactly the Kinds of People You’d Think It WouldNow Oreos are political, too.
  43. Bookshelf
    Times Is Into Marcus Samuelsson’s MemoirThe Grey Lady says ‘Yes, Chef’ is pretty good!
  44. Putting Out Fires
    Hot Spots: Waverly Inn, and Its Mural, Hit by FireGraydon Carter’s restaurant was closed for business, but it should be back soon.
  45. Lawsuits
    Tony Parker Suing W.i.P. for $20 Million After Drake-Brown Brawl Leaves Him WithJust when you thought that story couldn’t get any more obnoxious!
  46. Coming Soon
    Blizzard Time: Dairy Queen Blowing Into NYCExpect DQ to open in Staten Island and Manhattan in the coming months.
  47. Homemakers
    Despicable Man Surprisingly Handy in the KitchenRielle Hunter bagged a good one.
  48. Lawsuits
    Wiener Troubles: Lawsuit Alleges Hebrew National Hot Dogs Aren’t ActuallyWho could have possibly imagined that the quality control at a giant meat-processing facility would be called into question?
  49. Coming Soon
    Ooh La La: Andrew Carmellini Opening French Restaurant in Chinatown BrasserieNo real details yet, but the restaurant should open before the end of the year.
  50. Bookshelf
    Get a First Look at The Mile End CookbookThe owners of the super-popular Brooklyn deli will release their first book this fall.
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