Linksplodge 07/29/09

- Above, a cropped excerpt of ad for a baking dish. The tagline: "Treat your food to something good."
- Diane Jacob responds on her blog to comments in response to her take on Julie & Julia. She thinks Julia Child today would still get published but would not be on television. "Maybe she’d have a Facebook page and a Twitter account."
- Video from the The Feedbag Burger Summit that continued after being hit by a freak tornado / hail storm.
- Jay Rayner on eating on a cruise ship.
- The cheese lost in space comes tumbling back to Earth. [via Coldmud]
- Spinal Tap on The Daily Show reveals that they raise miniature horses: "Breed em, race em, and eat em," they say.
- Actual photos of Starbucks' stealth 15th Avenue Coffee concept store.
- Eater posts teaser image of an upcoming David Chang comic strip.
- Chris Ponte of Cafe Ponte in Florida recounts what it's like to prepare for a visit from Thomas Keller: "Ponte stares at the ceiling as he tries to plan a menu for Keller's visit. 'Don't reinvent the wheel, do what you know. You don't experiment on Thomas Keller.'"
- Francis Lam works at a Chinese restaurant in strip mall in suburban Toronto.









