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From left, La Maison du Chocolat uptown and the chocolatier's sleek new look. Photo Courtesy of La Maison du Chocolate.

Don't even ask about the creamy center.Photo: Barry Johnson
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A Counter History [NYT]
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One bacon tribute worth eating.Photo courtesy Vosges chocolate
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Merkat has its own secret, PDT-style back room, Merkat Negre, with a chalkboard menu and a “young, pleasantly noisy crowd.” [Restaurant Girl]
A typical weekend for a Red Hook soccer-fields vendor involves endless prep work, setting up by 7:30 a.m., cooking all day, and breaking the stand down at night … [NYT]
But the vendors' rituals are safe until October 28, thanks to the intercession of Senator Chuck Schumer. [Serious Eats]
Keith McNally talks about Balthazar, where the breakfast service is "absurdly busy" and his last meal would be "on the navel of the actress Maria Bello." [Mouthing Off/Food & Wine]
More radio morons in hot water: CBS suspends Elvis and JV for pranking a Chinese restaurant, asking for "shrimp flied lice," making dumb egg-roll jokes, and other old-time, racist vulgarities. [CBS News]
Spain’s El Bulli named top restaurant in the world again. No. 2? The Fat Duck in London. It’s a proud day for molecular gastronomy. [CNN]

The Modern’s dacquoise will blunt your feelings of loss.Photo: Everett Bogue
Did you know that Daniel has closed-circuit cameras watching every plate? That's one of ten dark secrets of the restaurant business [SmartMoney]
How good can a pizza delivered to New York from Oregon be? Pretty damn good, apparently. [Serious Eats]
Balthazar’s not all that — and not just because it’s busy, either. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
A brutal Valentine’s Day for New York restaurants, battered by cancellations owing to the lousy weather. [WCBS]
Many of the city’s best restaurants have off-the-menu specials: foie gras donuts at Telepan, Daniel Boulud’s lobster ravioli at Le Cirque, and more, all revealed here. [Restaurant Girl]
Chocolate, of all things, turns out to be New York’s No. 1 specialty-food export — if you eat it on the East Coast, chances are it came from here. Food processing is “by far the most stable major manufacturing sector” in the city, and one of the last. [NYT]
You’ll spoil your dinner!Photo: Melissa Hom
Sweet dreams are made of this ...Photo courtesy the Exchange Hotel
Calling All Chocoholics! [Exchange Hotel]
It's prime oyster-eating season (or so we've told you); this illustrated guide on opening the bivalves comes at exactly the right time. [Chow]
The Times throws readers a handful of Flushing restaurant picks, solid as far as it goes. (Rob and Robin's guide to Flushing's Prince Street went further.) [NYT]
A debate on the relative merits of Queens and Brooklyn bagels. [Chowhound]
To add to Rob and Robin's picks for chocoholics and pork fiends, more gifts like wild-boar soppressata and the $350 El Bulli cookbook. [TONY]
A former sandwich of the week from Philly Slim's snubbed for 99 Miles to Philly in roundup of best sandwiches. [Gridskipper]
A list for latke lovers, including the $1.50 special at G&M. [amNY]
How to steer clear of Cuban-food "poseurs" like Azucar. [Epoch Times]
Yau's Park Chinois not ready for prime time. [Eater]
Pipes, owner's blood vessel burst at E.U. [Eater]
Ray-Ray's husband a foot freak? [Chow]
Bye-bye, Tang Tang. [This Is What We Do Now]
Sushi Sasabune: Menu, shmenu. [Strong Buzz]
Pork fiends, drink this. [NYT]
Chocoholics, go here. [ Gothamist]
Travel + Leisure's top 50: usual suspects, plus news of yet another BLT, as Tourondel jumps on the "market-driven" bandwagon. [Travel + Leisure]
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