• Heart is badass because they serve wine in Mason jars. [SFoodie]
• Ame and Chez Panisse are both offering special black truffle tasting menus next week. [Tablehopper]
• A mid-week review of the hit brews thus far at beer week. [Chowhound]
• Dine-and-dash “gourmand” from Oakland nabbed in Marin. [MIJ via Eater]
• Hooters is up for sale. [NYP]
• More on former Fifth Floor chef Daniel Holzman’s Meatball Shop in NYC. [NYT]
• New research suggests that traditional aphrodisiacs like chocolate may not actually do much to stimulate arousal. [NYT]
• The Food Network Magazine is a success at newsstands, but behind the scenes, turnover has been high. [NYP]
• British supermarket chain Waitrose is now selling umami in a tube. [NYDN]
• Daniel Boulud and Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Vancouver outposts are already packed with Olympians and tourists. [Bloomberg]
• Recently Michelin-starred British chef Ryan Simpson quit his job after deciding that the menu he was being asked to prepare was “too poncey.” [Times]
