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Photographs: Virginia Rollison

If your family descends on you during the holidays and you find yourself in South Street Seaport, avoid the tourist traps and head north of Fulton Street, for a plum crab-cake burger at the Pan-Latin eatery Onda. TONY gave it three stars in this week’s review.

Kegs aren’t cutting it? Head to this cask-ale bacchanal to sip unfiltered, unpasteurized, “living” brews—i.e., beers that are still fermenting in the cask. Thirty rare selections, like the Otter Creek Imperial IPA from Vermont, can be enjoyed as either $6 10-ounce or $8 16-ounce pours. FREE The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Ave between Boerum Pl and Court St, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn (718-488-0430). Fri–Sun, noon–2am.

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Two Brooklyn poachers prove that learning how to fish doesn’t guarantee you’ll eat for a lifetime. [NYT]

News flash: Cocoa Krispies will not protect you from the H1N1 flu virus. [Kellogg's via The Atlantic]

Take a trip upstate to thank your T-day turkey face-to-face (and get the pick of the flock). The Feed predicts a spike in Tofurky sales. [A Fork in the Road]

Maybe you should think twice about sharing your baguette with that seagull—a bird has managed to stall the world’s strongest particle accelerator by dropping a piece of bread onto it. [Eat Me Daily via Buzzfeed]

The City of New York wants to take Tavern on the Green’s owners to federal court over the rights to the restaurant’s name. [Grub Street]

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Photographs: Lizz Kuehl

Midtown office slaves: Looking to unwind with an end-of-week drink? The people behind Stone Rose Lounge have opened the destination cocktail lounge Forty Eight, which we awarded four stars in this week’s bar review. The drinks may cost a pretty penny, but that’s what you work for, right?

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Seafood specialist Ed Brown lends his name to Jeffrey Chodorow’s new Lincoln Center–area venture, Ed’s Chowder House. (Though Jay Cheshes thinks it should be renamed Ed’s Lobster Bar, as Brown’s lobster roll is “on par with the best in the city.”) Enjoy these extra photos, and then find out what else to order in our three-star review.

Cold weather may make you think of braised meats and root vegetables, but there’s another edible cornerstone of the fall-winter diet: glistening fresh shellfish, plucked straight from frigid waters. Oysters, for instance, spawn during the summer, and are at their flavor peak right now. To celebrate the bounty, join Time Out’s Dining & Libation Society for its next event on Monday, November 16, at Oceana’s expansive new raw bar, hosted by Eat Out writer Daniel Gritzer and executive chef Ben Pollinger. What you’ll get for the all-inclusive $75 ticket: a seafood dinner including raw clams and oysters both raw and marinated (plus an oyster-shucking demo), scallop sashimi, fluke tartare, poke trio, grilled New Orleans shrimp, salmon burgers and fried calamari, along with Bulldog gin cocktails, wine pairings from Frederick Wildman and dessert. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot here.

Kegs aren’t cutting it? Head to this cask-ale bacchanal to sip unfiltered, unpasteurized, “living” brews—i.e., beers that are still fermenting in the cask. Thirty rare selections, like the Otter Creek Imperial IPA from Vermont, can be enjoyed as either $6 10-ounce or $8 16-ounce pours. FREE The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Ave between Boerum Pl and Court St, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn (718-488-0430). Fri–Sun noon–2am.

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Ever dreamed of interning with Martha Stewart? Cough up $3,600 and the opportunity could be yours.  [Eat Me Daily]

A break-in at The Little Owl last night means no brunch on Saturday. We suspect crazed slider fiends may be at fault. [Eater NY]

An inmate who castrated her father puts her knife skills to good use. [The Daily News via Grub Street]

Opinionated restaurateur Bruce Buschel stirs up a comments frenzy by posting part deux of his “100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do.” [NYT]

Illustration: Rob Kelly

Leisurely lunches aren’t particularly voguish in a parched economy, but Del Posto’s new three-course prix fixe (Wed–Fri 11:30am–2:30pm) could be worthy of nixing your noontime brown bag. Just $29 buys an antipasto, either a pasta or meat course, and a dessert from the seasonal menu, which currently includes options like roasted autumn vegetables with Robiola and truffled hazelnuts and grilled lobster with gnocchetti.

The new lunch deal also coincides with the removal of the more casual, “enoteca” portion of the restaurant, which will be converted to the sumptuous style of the rest of the space by the second week of December. Says the ponytailed maestro himself to the Feed, “We’re going to get our second Michelin star and a four-star New York Times review this year, and this is how we’re going to do it.”—M. Elizabeth Sheldon

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The white-truffle dinner on Friday, November 13, at Del Posto may not qualify as cheap eats, but it is for a good cause. The $495 gala and live auction, which runs from 7 to 11pm, features a menu created by Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich, and Piedmontese chefs Ugo Alciati (Guido) and Giuseppe Barbero (Osteria Del Boccondivino). The meal will be paired with 20 different Italian wines. As for the auction, items include foodcentric vacations to Italy for four, with bidding starting at $10,000. All proceeds from the ticket price will support Italy’s University of Gastronomic Sciences, founded by Slow Food. For tickets and more information, visit ticketweb.com.—Julia Fleming