• Don’t let the free-food giveaways end! Stop by Kosher Village and get a free falafel. [Gothamist]
Related: Kosher Village: We Feel Awful. Have a Free Falafel.

• The next time you reach for those Nacho Cheese Doritos, pair them with a glass a Pinot Gris. [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]

• There are lots of food fests to hit up this weekend, including the Taste of Tribeca, Ninth Avenue International Food Fest, and Cuisine of Queens and Beyond. [Serious Eats]

• The increase in food prices last month was the greatest one-month hike in eighteen years. [NYP]

• Mariah Carey was very protective of her wedding cake — which was delicious, by the way – on the way to the Bahamas. [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]

• Not only is there free coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts today, but you can also get a free Southern Style Chicken sandwich at McDonald’s if you buy a drink. [Midtown Lunch]

• You’ll soon be able to eat at Sarabeth’s when shopping at Lord & Taylor. [NYT]

• Michelin-starred Paul Haeberlin, one of the great French chefs, died at the age of 84 over the weekend. [NYT]

• Nathan’s Famous has started posting their calorie info, and it’s plain to see that a hot dog is much less fattening than a Big Mac. [Kinetic Carnival via Gothamist]

• Another meat plant is the subject of a federal investigation now, but in this case it's because of the illegal immigrants working there, not the abused animals. [NYT]

• Fancy-pants Gordon Ramsay was seen speaking fluent French when he stopped into Benoit. [NYDN]

• Gordo also thinks that restaurants using out-of-season produce that is not grown locally should be fined. [Reuters]

• Will the next season of Top Chef be filmed in Toronto? [Snack]

• Gael Greene went on a double date at Cacio e Vino with the guy who took her to a controversial dinner at Momofuku Ko. [Insatiable Critic]
Related: Gael Greene Takes David Chang to School

• Where have the spoons at place settings gone? [Zagat Buzz]

• Despite her reputation as a macrobiotic-food snob, Gwyneth Paltrow eats things like fried churros on the travel show she filmed with Mario Batali. [Ad Age]

• Michael Pollan thinks everyone needs to spend more money and time on food. [Serious Eats]

• Artisanal bakers strangely call a certain yeast-alternative leavening agent a “mother,” because it “gives birth every day.” [NYDN]

• Tavern on the Green will open a 40,000-square-foot outpost in San Francisco next summer. [NYS]

• Former Knick Charles Oakley has already taped three episodes of a cooking show called Café Oakley. [NYP]

• Scores owner Richard Goldring thinks the crackdown on his strip clubs was a violation of his First Amendment rights. [NYO]

• Are wine lovers just a bunch of easily duped snobs? [NYT]

• Some people love their Greenmarket produce so much that they’ll pose naked with it. [TONY]

• New Yorkers who wait in ridiculous lines for food are displaying a “sheep mentality.” [NYP]

• It would take a miracle for Chumley’s to reopen this month as originally planned. [Lost City]

• Health Department inspectors have started handing out citations to chain restaurants that have yet to post their calorie info on menus, but fines won’t be issued until July. [NYP]

• Lee Schrager has inked a deal to release a cookbook in 2011 to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. [NYP]

• Danny Meyer is being courted to open a café in Harlem. [NYT]

• The restaurant world’s royalty showed up at the opening of Alain Ducasse’s Benoit last week; Geoffrey Zakarian said his new West 44th Street restaurant should open in January. [NYP]

• Don’t worry about safety at Studio B’s new rooftop area, since the wire mesh encircling it totally makes it look not at all dangerous. [New York Shitty]