• In yet another sign of the economic times, prices for fine wines are plummeting at auction houses worldwide. [NYP]
• Now that the last non-eatery on Sixth between 21st and 22nd has closed, the block is basically a food court. [Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York]
• A guide to this season’s New York–based contestants on Top Chef reveals that only one cooks in the city proper. [NYDN]
• Public’s pastry chef, Ellen Mirsky, thinks her background as a fashion designer gave her an eye for plating, and wishes the molecular gastronomy trend would just die already. [Restaurant Girl]