New Year's Brunch at The Dutch; Iron Chef Guarnaschelli

HANGOVERWIRE — The Dutch and Locanda Verde will be open and serving their regular brunch menus on New Year's Day. If you're really hurting, you might want to consider Locanda, because the menu includes a sausage grinder that is a real, genuine hangover-buster. [EaterWire]

CARROLL GARDENS — The Brooklyn location of the Bourgeois Pig is closed for renovations. No word yet on when it will reopen. [Grub Street]

TV WATCH — Alex Guarnaschelli beat Amanda Freitag for the title of Iron Chef on Sunday in the first all-female finale of Next Iron Chef: Redemption. Guarnaschelli's first battle on Iron Chef America airs December 30. [~EN~]