P*Ong and Shopsin’s are just a few eponymous restaurants where you can find a hands-on owner who gives character to the place. [NYT]
Los Angeles City Council members have voted to ban smoking at farmers’ markets just like at beaches and parks. [LA Times via Eater]
Danny Meyer has compiled a cocktail book for Williams-Sonoma called Mix Shake Stir, Cocktails for Cooks, with recipes from Gramercy Tavern, Eleven Madison Park, and Tabla. [Grub Street]
Related: Danny Meyer and Williams-Sonoma Create Cocktail Mixes
The Food Network will debut a reality show in October about former prison inmate cum chef Jeff Henderson and the six troubled teens he’ll try to rehabilitate with catering training. Knives and troubled youths, always a good idea. [Official release]
