· The Cuozzo reports that real live (dead) kobe beef has quietly been allowed back into the country and is finding its way onto NY menus. BLT, Geisha are offering it now. Others to follow, surely. [NYP]
· From the Batali Roast to benefit Food Bank last night: "He drinks beer, feeds all day, is constantly getting massages from transvestite hookers — basically, Mario is a Kobe human … Don't expect to see him in the kitchen at Babbo though. Mario hasn't actually cooked since 1979 — unless you count freebasing." [Cutlets]
