• Here we go… first the iPad wine list at Barbacco, now the Boom Boom Room at the Standard in NY has replaced the guest list clipboard with an iPad. [Eater NY]
• The big fight over decertifying the workers’ union at Berkeley Bowl continues. [Daily Cal]
• Tickets for SF Chefs 2010 (August 9-15) just went on sale. [SF Chefs, Earlier]
• A video of the El Herradero tear-down in preparation for Commonwealth. [Spots Unknown, Earlier]
• Harper’s has an in depth piece about the Goldman Sachs Commodities Index and how Wall Street began betting on agriculture in the early 90s. (.pdf) [Harpers via Coldmud]
• Ratings for the second episode of Top Chef’s seventh season were up 22 percent over its dismal premiere ratings. [Hollywood Reporter]
• The best way to photograph food in bright sunlight is by diffusing the light using a sheet, tent, or shadow. [NYT/Diner’s Journal]
• Whole Foods has begun requiring self-declared “organic” beauty products, which are unregulated by the FDA, to be held to the same standards as organic foods. [Forbes]
• The CDC has found that 9 in 10 Americans eat more sodium than is recommended. [Reuters]
• A random sample of used reusable grocery bags revealed that virtually all were contaminated with bacteria, including E. coli. [LAT]
