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hotsnack: who is tending the bar at 202?

I've been a longtime fan of 202, the restaurant/Nichole Farhi clothing shop in the Chelsea Market, entirely due to the libations of Stephan Trummer. Recently I was planning to stop by to quaff my thirst, only to discover he has left the building. Stephan has decamped - permanently - for Washington D.C. where he plans to open  his own place. A bar or a restaurant I asked? He replied "Its going to be a fine dining restaurant, new American, sustainable efforts, 250 seat and a bar lounge on the first floor. Its a beautiful setting just like French Laundry. Its located in an old historic town." I wish him luck. And wish I'd know it was last call.

snackwire.international: world's top 50 tables

Restaurant Magazine announced today the list of the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants. 

It is no surprise that El Bulli is in the #1 slot for the third year in a row. Americanos will be happy to know eight restaurants here made the list: French Laundry, Per Se, Jean-Geroges, Le Bernardin, Alinea, Chez Panisse, charlie Trotter's and Daniel.

Click through for the complete list and official press release. 

snack60: cool hunting video with hervé this

In my eagerness to take full advantage of my iPhone, I've recently discovered the video podcast. I've been a long time fan of the blog Cool Hunting, the international arbiter of all things cool in design. They cover everything from art to fashion to food. They have video posts that you can subscribe to as a video podcast for free in iTunes or on the site. They're usually about four minutes long, well produced, and always intriguing. Like this video of rad molecular gastronomist Hervé This in his laboratoire in Paris. Interesting to see the man in his home environment and hear his pearls of wisdom like "If you have a poor sandwich with very good friends, it is always good. And a very good meal with awful people is not good." Word.  

hotsnack: good news bad news

The good news is my first attempt at mobile blogging last week worked. It is fairly easy to snap a picture and post it to Snack. The bad news is that the iPhone does not take good pictures in low light, meaning all my party shots were dark and unrecognizable. The other bad news is that it takes a lot longer to recover from a gala event followed by Spotted Pig after-party than it used to. Lessons learned: photo mobile blogging has a lot of potential and always take a disco nap before you go to a party where Ken Friedman will be in attendance.

partysnack: live! at the gala

I'm getting ready to go to the Food Bank for NYC's gala, the Can-Do Awards Dinner. It will be a star studded evening, complete with some after party action. Seems like a good opportunity to activate my mobile blogging powers on the iphone. So I'm going to give it a try, but be warned this is my first attempt. So if you see posts with crazy photos with typo-ridden captions later tonight, you'll understand why. I can always fix them or delete them in the morning. 

snackwire.national: sex and the james beard awards

Kim Cattrall will be one of the celebrity hosts for this year's James Beard Awards. What does Miss Samantha Jones know about food? Well, she is dating a chef (and no it's not Dave Chang). Remember, you don't have to be invited or a part of the industry to go, you just have to buy a $450 ticket. Click on through for the full press release after the jump.

snack60: daniel boulud introduces the new chef of cafe boulud, gavin kaysen, a competitive young chef who has battled in both the bocuse d’or and the next iron chef