Dining and restaurant news…
* Do you want to know the future of foodservice in the U.S. through the next three years? I do, but it’ll cost $3,200 to find out. Instead, I’ll just assume it involves bacon, heirloom vegetables, ice cream, mixology, and offal, just like it has for the last three years. [Sacramento Bee]
* How to meet the President of the United States. Marry a famous chef and join the kitchen staff for a night when he hosts a fundraiser at his restaurant. [The National Post]
* From the not-at-all-99% files. Chefs are drooling over super-spendy white truffles. [TheStreet.com]
* When words hurt like fists. Online reviews cut deep when it comes to chefs’ egos and hearts. [Hartford Courant]
* Scanning your seafood. DNA bar codes are coming to a restaurant near you, to ensure that the fish you ordered is the fish you’re actually eating. [PopSci]
* Movies and food for the foodie in your life. Five chefs share their fave films and noshes. [Burlington Free Press]
* Dining out makes you smarter. At least it does if you’re talking about improving your knowledge about dining out itself. [CHOW]
* ‘Foodie’ is out. Recreational eater is in. Discuss. [EdBrill.com]
* Please stop telling Tom Colicchio to pack his knives and go. That is all. [Parade]
* The best of the best. Ever wonder how the S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants are chosen? Me, too! [HuffPost Travel]
* What do you do when you’re on the receiving end of terrible service? One man (not my husband, but it could be) cowers, while his wife gets into a rhubarb with a restaurant manager. [The Guardian]
* Does size matter? When it comes to restaurant signs, it just might. It does in other cases, particularly when it comes to the size of my martini. [City of Fate]
* Mon dieu! Japan bests France when it comes to three-starred Michelin restaurants. [Wall Street Journal]