• Studio B’s not going to have such an easy time obtaining a cabaret license after operating without one for five years and pissing off its neighbors. [New York Shitty]

• The signature burger at Top Chef—er Spike Mendelsohn’s Good Stuff Eatery is called “Spike’s 5 Napkin.” Presumably, that's the Washington version. [Hamburger Today]

• As with a good piece of steak, allowing cookie dough to sit overnight in the fridge is the key to making it great. [NYT]

• Cookbook bloggers, those who tackle the challenge of cooking every recipe in a given volume and then write about it, are the craziest bloggers of all. [WSJ]

• The Sex and the City movie includes scenes shot in notable restaurants like Buddakan and the Modern. [NYS]

• After 1,300 phone requests on an online petition with more than 1,000 signatures, Kellogg is putting the Hydrox cookie — an Oreo alternative — back into production. [WSJ]

Mayor Bloomberg calls the oatmeal-raisin cookies served up at Gracie Mansion “addictive,” an opinion not shared by Giuliani, who didn't care for the in-house baker's sweets. [NYDN]

Fresh owner Eric Tevrow pleaded guilty to pocketing more than $1 million in sales and payroll taxes from his restaurants. [NYP]

Tickets for Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s tribute dinner at next year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival have already sold out, despite being $500 a pop. Naturally, scalpers are already reselling them on eBay. [NYP]