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Latest entries from the Best of the Buzz

  • – By 2018, 43% of Americans are expected to be obese. [NYDN]
  • – Gordon Ramsay has lost his right-hand man. [Bloomberg]
  • – The Senate is considering requiring beef to be tested for E. coli. [NYT]
  • Top Chef contestants aren't being paid for the TV dinners that feature their faces (and recipes). [Time]
  • – First canned pumpkins, now an Eggo shortage looms. [NYDN]
  • – The art of complaining to a restaurant. [Guardian]
  • – A modest proposal for fixing restaurant and bar smoking bans. [Eater]
  • – Related: the science behind banning smoking outside. [Time]
  • – Ever wonder what it would be like to cook dinner for Thomas Keller? [Esquire]
  • – Talking cooking with Coolio. [Fork in the Road]
  • – NBC's newest cooking show, United Plates of America, will give away a four-restaurant chain. [Reuters]
  • – Hey, so, while you eat that sushi, this guy here is going to swallow a sword. [WSJ]
  • – Starbucks continues to roll out its unbranded coffee shops. [Diner's Journal]
  • – If New York loses its lawsuit, Tavern on the Green will become Tavern in the Park. [Crain's]
  • – Restaurants embrace Twilight. [NRN]
  • – Martha Stewart is not a fan of Rachael Ray. [ABC News, via EMD and GS]
  • – The Rolling Stones, the wine. [Examiner]
  • – Pork belly and other over-served dishes. [Between Meals]
  • – Students arrested for not paying their tip. [Philly]
  • – Plastic wishbones: what will the kids fight over? [SE]