The Inquirer, Digested

Table Talk has some chatter about the three Valentino trattorias: they have been split up and Caffe Valentino alone is holding down the fort. Also, another South Jersey restaurant week-like deal is underway, this one called “Off the Hook.” (Can you guess the theme?)

• A world without the Italian Market? Say it ain’t so! Alright, so no death-knell has sounded, but this piece from Rick Nichols is planting some seeds of fear.

• Love the tailgating, but hate the parking lot? Then this write-up of The NBC Sunday Night Football Cookbook is likely to be right up your alley.

• Mrs. Quicke’s, a traditional Brit-style cheddar, is likely to throw even the most knowing of`cheddar connoisseurs for a loop. American-style experts, that is. What makes it different? “Whereas most Americans become creamy and sharp as they age, the British versions become intensely earthy. The flavor is mushroomy and nutty, with a texture at once crumbly, creamy, and sparking with flavor,” says LaBan.

The Inquirer, Digested