• 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]