• The Daily News checks in on the haute hot dog trend, previewing Supper’s three gourmet dogs set to debut when lunch service begins in October. [Daily News]
• Ashley Primis rounds up the pigs feet offerings at a few local eateries. [Philadelphia Magazine]
• The price of saffron is nearing $3000 a pound. [WSJ]
• The grand-nephew of M.F.K. Fisher is writing a book about the friendship between his great aunt, Julia Child, and James Beard. [NYO]
• Speculation that Gourmet and Bon Appetit could have their publishing schedules reduced is running wild at Conde Nast. [NYO]
