tipping point.

to tip or not to tip.. gourmet talks with bartenders & patrons on how much they feel is a suitable tip (here) i know at least $1 a drink seems like common sense to most people (my father took me to atlantic city when i was 21 and told me that even though the drinks were free at the bar (because he gambles a lot) i should still tip at least $1 a drink, and i've taken those words to heart, even tipping $1 each for a round of $1 test tube shots at a bar) one  bartender  in the article goes as far to say that if he hears change clink on his bar he'll chuck it back at the patrons head...i think i want to start drinking there. 

cheap lunch in chelsea? gridskipper tells you where.  (i can vouch for #6 spice, i went there for lunch w/ my friend helena before she went back to germany--not bad $7.50 for an app and a lunch)

starbucks to close for 3 hours on feb 26th to retrain baristas on how to make the perfect drink... something tells me they're going to need more than 3 hours and maybe they should get rid of the push here dummy machines. (push here dummy, or phd's, was a term my hight school photography teacher would use to describe point-and-shoot cameras, but if you've seen starbuck's espresso machines you'd see the phrase works there as well)

4 in 1 hot dog maker--(thanks gizmodo!) um. it cooks hot dogs, eggs, and pop corn & steams buns. really..could anyone need this? (apparently not, it's already on sale)

and non-food related: 

90 day jane blogs about the 90 days leading up to her suicide here.  kinda not sure what to think of this? i'm hoping it's a stunt.. guess we'll find out in 80 some odd days... (thanks krist!)