MIDTOWN— Oceana is trying to unload a 70 year-old lobster for $275. The editors at Bloomberg find it unsettling and want to set him free. [Bloomberg]

LOWER EAST SIDE— The Feed brings word that LES Cambodian joint Kampuchea will be expanding into the space next to it next year. It will almost double in size. [The Feed]

Going on right this second: a panel discussion with Alice Waters and Rachael Ray about healthy eating for kids. A tipster sends in the live photo (with some nice hair action in the lower left), but we'll be back for more if anything of import is/was said. [NYWFFWIre]

RACHAEL RAY— HuffPo has an amazing creepily suggestive video of Rachael Ray stroking—or de-silking—some corn on the cob. Warning: it is just as vaguely pornographic as you're imagining. [HP]

MIDTOWN— Midtown Lunch checks in on the much delayed Obika: the plywood has finally come down, meaning we can begin to hope they'll actually open soon. [ML]

SOHO— Grub Street has an update on the space below Bar Martignetti, formerly known as Bella's, now renamed Southside: "Martignetti describes the joint as a 'private club without the membership policy, a high-class establishment without the pretentiousness, where you know everyone in the room.' Expect chestnut tables lined with brass, banquettes with built-in subwoofers, a central D.J. booth surrounded by tables, a tin ceiling, black mirrors, black subway tiles, and tropical wallpaper." [GS]

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SOUTH STREET SEAPORT— A number of outlets have brought the news of the third annual opening of Spiegelworld, the three month circus, dance party, burlesque show extravaganza down on the South Street Seaport. Cutlets focuses on the truly vital details, those of the outdoor beer garden: "Should you find yourself in need of sobering after a few too many frozen margs or kiwi-and-absinthe cocktails, there's a Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee stand...In addition to stand-up tables near the bar...there’s a tented waitress-service area that...offers prime viewing of the illuminated waterfalls." For a look at the place in full swing, check here. [Cutlets]

CELEB CHEFS— The use of the word "chef" is pretty loose considering who tops this list, but Forbes rounds up the 10 Top-Earning Celebrity Chefs: Rachael Ray beats them all raking in about $18 million a year for all of her EVOOness, with Wolfgang Puck a close second pulling $16 mil for his branded empire. Then there's Gordon Ramsay ($7.5mil), Alain Ducasse and Nobu Matsuhisa ($5 mil), Paula Deen ($4.5 mil), Mario Batali ($3 mil), Tom Colicchio ($2 mil), and Bobby Flay and Anthony Bourdain ($1.5 mil). [Forbes via Eater LA]

MIDTOWN EAST—TONY's blog visits Top Chef winner Hung on his first night at the kosher Solo and runs an incredible picture of him in a yarmulke. Their verdict: "That steak had us nodding. But the folks at my table got most excited when, halfway through the meal, Hung popped out of the kitchen, flanked by a group of men in suits. We caught his eye and asked him: What was the greatest challenge of the first night? The pace? The pressure? 'The rabbis,' he said." [TONY]

MIDTOWN EAST— Franklin Becker, the chef at Brasserie, is leaving his post to open a new restaurant this fall, Bedford Falls: "Bedford Falls, of course, is the name of the town in It’s a Wonderful Life, and Becker says he chose it to convey the 'classic, traditional' American theme of the restaurant. 'It won’t be comfort food, but rather modern reworkings of classic American tastes in a comfortable atmosphere.'" [Cutlets]