• Martha Stewart and her crew are filming at Alinea for the next couple days. [@Gachatz]
• The Illinois Restaurant Association is lobbying congress for immigration reform. [Trib]
• Buy tickets now for this year’s Chicago Gourmet. [The Stew/Trib]
• Florence Fabricant is writing a dining etiquette column for Diner’s Journal. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
• Recycle your wine corks at Whole foods. [Slashfood]
• Binge drinking has steadily risen in the United Kingdom over the past several years and the topic is a major part of this year’s elections. [WSJ]
• The FDA is not inspecting food manufacturing sites often enough, a new government report finds. [NYDN]