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What’s worth watching on food-related TV this week?

A few strange deaths have been in the local news lately. For instance, more body parts of a Bronx woman have been found, a Harlem pastor found a nude woman was found dead, hanging upside from a pipe (her foot got stuck when she was trying to sneak into Mount Olive Church) and neighbors in Midwood are waiting to hear what the police have to say about the body of a woman found in a yard. And police have found blood in the cabin of the Connecticut man who went missing during his honeymoon cruise. The NY Press details a motley of lesser crimes, from bank robberies to neighborly disputes involving hammers. And this week's Village Voice Shelter column was a spooky reminder for Gothamist: Toni Schlesinger visited the Patrick O'Rourke's downtown loft - the loft that Camden Sylvia and Michael Sullivan disappeared from mysteriously in 1997. For a while, it was thought that their landlord had killed them for the $304 a month 1400-square foot apartment (the place is now rented out for $3200) but there was never enough evidence to charge him. The NYPD's still have missing persons information for Sylvia and Sullivan.

Newsday looks at the life of 79th Street marina houseboats owners. Many of the boat owners live there because it's cheaper than living in a Manhattan apartment, even after city docking fees and electricity and whatever the cost of the boat is. Originally, the boat basin was planned by Robert Moses to be a place for recreational boat owners to dock their boats during the season. Interestingly, it was never meant to be a permanent housing solution: Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe tells Newsday, "Over the years, people just started living on their boats. Now there's no room for recreational craft. It was an accident. Before we realized it, we had lost the ability to offer a recreational resource." But there are some downsides, like living far away from the subway and groceries stores. Also, during storms, some boats will dock near the Intrepid, which can shield them from winds.

Ad Age coos over what they think is the most successful product placement this summer: Absolut Vodka's critical role in a Sex and the City plot line between Kim Cattrall and Jason Lewis. No money changed hands, which doesn't surprise Gothamist - you cannot buy publicity like this. Patrick O'Neill, creative director of TBWA/Chiat Day, created the ad, and was "inspired" by seminal pin-up posters of "Farrah Fawcett in a swimsuit and Burt Reynolds on a shaggy rug." Also, TBWA "." Love handles! Jason Lewis has love handles? They must be imaginary ones.