PETA has created a line of vegan chocolates imprinted with Osama bin Laden’s likeness to send to soldiers overseas. [Eat Me Daily]
On a Nightline episode earlier this week, Martha Stewart implied that she and Rachael Ray are like EVOO and water. Ray took the barbs like a pro. [Grub Street]
The new licensee of Tavern on the Green plans to rechristen it “Tavern in the Park” if he can’t win the legal rights to use the original name. [NYT/Diner's Journal]
The Department of Health may be putting the kibosh on pizzerias serving reheated slices. Could this be the end of Ray’s? [Slice]
This is why you’re fat: A new study finds that a medium tub of movie-theater popcorn weighs in at 1,200 calories before the buttery topping. [Gothamist]
Guy Fieri’s 21-city “rock n’ roll culinary tour” is, predictably, a shit show. Luckily, the guys from the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck were there to document it. [EMD]
The World Society for the Protection of Animals has launched a database of restaurants in major cities that serve humanely raised meat. [Eat Humane via Feed inbox]
Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton answers all of your emergency Thanksgiving queries. [NYT/ Diner's Journal]
Bagel boss Helmer Toro, owner of H&H, has been indicted for tax evasion and labor-law violations. [VV/A Fork in the Road]
These hilarious Gawker videos nail everything we can’t stand about Giada De Laurentiis. Did somebody say “moo-za-rrrella”? [Gawker]
Reps for popular canned pumpkin brand Libby’s just announced that a rainy fall means a probable shortage of their product this Thanksgiving. The Times suggests a recipe for making your own pie filling from fresh gourds. [NYT/Diner's Journal]
Two cases of MacKinlay’s Rare Old Scotch Whisky dating back to 1908 have been discovered under Ernest Shackleton’s South Pole shelter. Don’t break out the rocks glasses just yet—excavators plan to leave the bottles as they found them. [Daily Mail UK via Grub Street]
The very troubling decline in fish stocks is nothing new, but today we find out that herring is at risk too. No! We live for those little buggers, pickled, raw, you name it. [The Atlantic]
Take note: A restaurant has been caught offering cash to Yelpers in exchange for positive reviews. [Eater]
The owners of Freemans plan to open a 63-seat “classic American diner” on the Bowery. [Fork in the Road]
And now, to disturb you beyond words, a video of a fish that has apparently been partially deep-fried and then eaten while still alive. That’s just wrong. [EMD]
Serious Eats dethrones City Bakery in its midtown chocolate-chip cookie battle. The surprise winner? A chain-bred treat from Pret a Manger. [Serious Eats]
The line between art and eats blurs when painter Will Cotton sells the baked goods that typically appear on his canvas. [NYT
Still mourning Gourmet? Fill the void with The New Yorker's new food issue, out today. [The New Yorker]
TONY visits the Chocolate Throwdown and makes love to your eyeholes with this sugary slide show. (So chocolaty, it could kill a small dog.) [OTC]
“L’Eggo my Eggo” is no laughing matter—Eat Me Daily reports a shortage of the frozen family favorite. [Bloomberg via Eat Me Daily]
Lazy gastro-tweeters can get now get a round-p of famous foodies’ tweets at the newly launched gastrobuzz.com. [GastroBuzz]
Empty out your freezer and make way for heat-and-eat treats: Trader Joe’s has a third Manhattan location planned for Chelsea. [Curbed]
Could a gangsta’s paradise be found in the kitchen? Look to Coolio’s new cookbook Cookin’ with Coolio to find out. [Eat Me Daily]
The struggling Salon.com will debut a new food section in a few months. [PBS/MediaShift]
Danny Meyer discusses Maialino, wainscoting and David Rockwell with the Gray Lady. [NYT/The Moment]
PDT has debuted another haute dog, this one designed by Eleven Madison Park’s Daniel Humm. It’s a deep-fried frank with gruyere and black truffle mayo. [NYT/The Moment]
Does Padma-proximity make you tongue-tied? The Atlantic steps in with these guidelines on how act around food celebrities. (hint: they probably don’t want your panties). [The Atlantic]
Bad news for Sumo wrestlers: The Japanese government has set waist size regulations for people over 40. [A Fork in the Road]
Emeril Legasse may be planning a television comeback. [Food Network Addict via Eat Me Daily]
Mix maven Audrey Saunders, who is currently opening a bar in L.A., on cocktail culture: ““We need to get back to a point where things are fun again.… We kind of got really heavy.” [Diners' Journal]
In other cocktail news, mai tais are apparently experiencing a resurgence. [The Atlantic]
Ever in the service of its readers, Grub Street shares news of a super-secret underground bar but reveals neither its name nor its location. Related. [Grub Street]
Exciting rumor of the week: Drew Nieporent may be opening a restaurant with the gang from L.A.’s Animal in the old Mai House space. [Eater NY]
Shopsin’s takes on Middle Eastern conflict, bloggers take on Kenny Shopsin—armistice seems unlikely. [Always Hungry via Grub Street]
Brooklyn Kitchen Labs and Tom Mylan’s much anticipated Meat Hook will open on November 16. [NYT]
Prison inmates in Kentucky claim they were served food that included feces-filled brownies (warning: not suitable reading for lunch breaks). [A Fork in the Road]
Get a cookie from Joan Cusack. She’ll be serving treats to benefit kids with cancer from the Cupcake Stop truck throughout midtown tomorrow. Whether her brother will be handing out ghetto blasters as well remains to be seen. [Midtown Lunch]
Soho staple Zoe has shut its doors. [Diner's Journal]
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]
