Tidbits

• A commenter asked us about Yushi recently -- although we haven't been, Zach at Midtown Lunch has checked it out and finds it to be more style than substance.
• Reader Adam turned us on to a blog focusing on a subject near and dear to our hearts as well as our bellies: ILuvPork.com.

• Manhattan Users Guide slams LES pan-Latin newcomer, Rayeula: "This kitchen is unable to put their mise en place in its place, incapable of corralling the marauding pack of ingredients that elbows its way into each dish. . . . The combinations are inelegant, overwrought, sometimes both." Ouch.
• Brooklyn Bridge Park may be the new Water Taxi Beach, according to Grub Street, who reports that Harry Hawk may be expanding his Schnack empire there.
• Chef Eric Ripert teaches us how to murder a lobster properly, using a knife -- it's "quicker and more compassionate."
• And Restaurant Girl does a roundup of summer cravings. Now we're craving a Chipwich, dammit.

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