• Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer is apparently taken by the idea of “vertical farms,” skyscrapers that produce food, and is putting together a feasibility report for the mayor to review. [NYT]
Related: Skyfarming [NYM]

• Gael Greene traveled to France to attend a lunch made by Paul Bocuse, the legendary chef now in his 42nd year of cooking with three Michelin stars, in part because he wasn’t well enough to attend the Citymeals-on-Wheels benefit here last month. [Insatiable Critic]

• Sometimes Top Chef fans go too far. One of Spike Mendelsohn’s admirers drove almost an hour to try a burger at Good Stuff Eatery, and then he posted a note to Spike on Craigslist’s Missed Connections, asking, “Can i see for myself if the carpet matches the drapes?” Shudder. [Eater]

• 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]

• Good news! It seems that baked goods made without trans fat taste just as good, if not better, according to a taste test. [NYDN]

• Spike Mendelsohn from Top Chef thinks Washington, D.C., is the next big food city. [WP]

• Ko’s reservation system has turned into a Net obsession? You don’t say. [Wired]

• 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]

• A judge is barring the Health Department from enforcing the law requiring chain restaurants to display calorie info on menus, until April 14, by which time he’ll have decided what to about the New York State Restaurant Association’s lawsuit against the city. [NYP]

• A list of schools that received shipments of the recently recalled beef has been released by the Department of Agriculture, but there’s still no list of retailers. [NYT]

• Top Cheffer Dale Talde explains why he needs to have some attitude in the kitchen: “I’m Asian, not the tallest dude in the world and I look like I’m 12.” [Bottomless Dish/Citysearch]