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Sonoma Dines Out for Life; Restaruants Return to Bartering

• Today is Dining Out for Life in Sonoma County. [Press Democrat]

• UCSF’s student paper says Suzu Noodle House, Katana-Ya, Oyaji, and Hotei serve the best ramen in San Francisco. [Synapse]

• The former manager of Emeryville’s Eugene’s Ranch House, which is now Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe, has died. [Alameda Sun]

• Some restaurants are making a return to bartering, trading food for services like pest control. [WSJ]

• Lingering devastation from last year’s Hurricane Ike means this could be the last season for Galveston Bay’s oystermen. [NYT]

• The James Beard Foundation is teaming up with the 2010 Equestrian Games for a series of dinners. [Eater]

Sonoma Dines Out for Life; Restaruants Return to Bartering