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October seems to be the un-official restaurant ratings month. The results of the Zagat Survey 2007 New York City Restaurants Guide will be released tomorrow. The Wednesday papers and blogs are sure to roll out the red carpet meta coverage for the book. Commence betting and nail biting now. And…

Aspiring food writers often email me looking for pearls of wisdom to get their careers going. I always try to reply with ideas on what to do. It never occurred to me until recently that perhaps advice on what not to do is useful as well. . I got a…

I don’t often do lists of linkage – but today is just that kind of day. To vicariously (and two days later) celebrate the Michelin SF Guide we have party pictures. To add to your to-read list, Danny Meyer‘s new book. To add to your to-eat list, restaurants opening in…

Before we heave a collective sigh of relief now that the Michelin San Francisco results are in, know this: inspectors are already on the ground for the 2008 guides in SF and NYC and possibly the Windy City. It’s widely known that Michelin plans to roll out several US books.…

It’s official. Congratulations to Thomas Keller for being the first American chef to have two restaurants (French Laundry and Per Se) with three-stars Michelin each. He’s also the only three-star restaurant in the just-released San Francisco Guide Michelin. Bravo. Click here for the complete list.

On Monday, at around 9am Pacific time, Jean Luc Naret, the director of the Michelin Guide, is going to call some chefs in the greater San Francisco area to congratulate them on getting stars in the first ever California Michelin. At 10am, when the results hit the wire…we’ll know too.…

The ever vigilant gonzo tag team of Tony Bourdain and Michael Ruhlman has sounded the alarm (well the email subject said emergency) on a potential foie gras ban coming to New Jersey. The Garden State is also the home of D’Artagnan, the country’s top purveyor of foie gras and things…