• GQ’s list of the 10 best new eateries in the US is out, and two of the ten are from Chicago. Next is not exactly a surprise, but Ruxbin is an unexpected choice, honored because “the food, like the rest of the place, is labored over. Time and energy take the place of overused, overpriced ingredients.” [Crain’s]
• Busted: Food Network had to axe a show called Dessert First after execs discovered the host was ripping off her recipes from other, more famous, chefs. [NYP]
• Probably the best headline you’ll read all day: “Hot Dog Chef Charged with Bank Heists.” [Charties Valley Patch]
• Dutch scientists released a new study that charts global water use between 1996 and 2005. [NYT]
• All that organic food you’ve been eating might be a secret source of… dietary arsenic. Wait, that’s the form that isn’t all that bad for you, right? [Fox News]
• Be careful next time you buy celery: Proposed government budget cuts “would eliminate the nation’s only program that regularly tests fruits and vegetables for deadly pathogens.” [AP]
