Attention every other local news reporter in America: THIS is how you do it.

This brief Q&A with new New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton affirms our excitement about his selection. [Via]

"A teenaged Texas beauty queen accused by contest sponsors of infractions including gaining too much weight by eating tacos was stripped of her crown on Wednesday." [Via]

There has been a request for Mexican recipes, as it is Cinco de Mayo. You have come to the right place. (My co-worker, Mr. Balk, suggested he might write one but I discovered it had Velveeta in it and he was denied.) Instead, lemme hook you up with fake Mexican holiday real Mexican dinner time!