• Need to lose a few pounds? Try some pickles -- Drew Nieporent swears by them: "You should slice them the long way, so they last longer. I have lost 50 pounds in 100 days." [NY Daily News]

• Is your favorite chip on the list of those tested by the Times this week? Kettle Chips are the overall chip champ, but Ed Levine laments the omission of Cape Cod Dark Russets. [NYT; Serious Eats]
• In case you were too busy being dazzled by fireworks, a new Pinkberry opened this week on Spring Street in SoHo. [Gothamist Feedbag]
• A new Jianetto's pizza truck makes its debut at 47th and Vanderbilt. [Midtown Lunch]
• Chumley's reportedly on schedule to re-open in October. Whew. [Eater via AMNY]
• And Ruth Reichl gets a taste of Soto and finds his sushi "entirely personal and extremely interesting." Her one negative comment -- lay off the truffle oil: "Truffle oil on shima aji? Oh, please." We wonder if she was wearing one of her disguises. [Choptalk]

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