A Little Restaurant Makes It Big -- NPR Morning Edition on Brooklyn's Grocery and Zagat's. (original post on the brouhaha.)
A rumor that Jay McInerney is next in line for the position of restaurant critic at the New York Times is creating its own mini brouhaha in foodie circles. See: Gothamist, Vittles Vamp, The Kicker's parody.
Bloggers eat out:
Rachelleb on Pop's Pierogi and Indian Bread Co.
Vittles Vamp on La Bottega.
Gotham Gal on The Strip House and Mix.
Life of a professional food taster, via Amy's Robot. "These people are trained, just like you train athletes," said Fred Caporaso, who arranges tasting panels for companies as director of Chapman University's Sensory Evaluation Laboratory (search) in Orange, Calif. "You want someone with aptitude, whose tongue works a little bit better than average."