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Starr and Garces’s Mexican Showdown; Bartering is the New Credit

• The Illadelph analyzes the evidence and fans the flames of a Starr-Garces feud. [Illadelph]

• Some restaurants are making a return to bartering, trading food for services like pest control. [WSJ]

Supper chef Mitch Prensky is a scootering nut. [Philly.com]

• 2009 wine sales are projected to be up from last year’s. [Reuters]

• Julia Stewart, CEO of the parent company for Applebee’s, is trying to revitalize the chain as she did IHOP. [Forbes]

• Lingering devastation from last year’s Hurricane Ike means this could be the last season for Galveston Bay’s oystermen. [NYT]

• The James Beard Foundation is teaming up with the 2010 Equestrian Games for a series of dinners. [Eater]

Starr and Garces’s Mexican Showdown; Bartering is the New Credit