The Wine Case: Red wine and chocolate? Together? "One of the worst possible food and wine combinations," Rémy Charest says. Can't argue with him at all. - Eric Asimov Girl Farm Kitchen: A reverie about making fresh bread at home. For this recipe, really all you need is patience. - Jeff Gordinier NPR: Finally, someone has something good to say about modern beef production. A study finds that cattle operations use less land, water, feed and fuel than they did 30 years ago. Best not ask how. - Nick Fox The Village Voice: Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning - or maybe it was the dark specter of his own mortality, now that foodies have discovered the glories of groundhog. "It has subtle flavors of onion and grass," says Ian Knauer, a former editor at Gourmet, who offers a recipe for groundhog cacciatore. - Patrick Farrell Bloomberg Businessweek: The good news at the barbie these days is that the Australian dollar is at record levels against the Euro. The bad news is that, consequently, Aussie wine producers are suffering as their mates and sheilas spree on suddenly-cheap Bordeaux and Moët instead of homegrown shiraz and sparkling wines. Lindemans and Penfolds are struggling, and the country's wine exports have fallen to their lowest level in a decade. - Glenn Collins The New York Post: Critics usually wait for a new restaurant to settle in before they pounce, but the Post's Steve Cuozzo went anyway to the opening of Joanne, the Upper West Side trattoria owned by Lady Gaga's parents. The family asked for it, he argues, by cranking up an advance "hype machine." And he gives it to them. - Patrick Farrell LA Weekly: Strange brew, indeed. Hey, indie rockers, are you ready for a few sips of Bonnie "Prince" Billy's coffee blend? - Jeff Gordinier Wine Doctor: Chris Kissack offers an exhaustive, highly useful online guide to the wines of Tuscany. - Eric Asimov National Restaurant Association: According to the industry trade association's annual forecast, the restaurant business will stimulate economic recovery and create jobs in 2012. It projects that national sales will increase 3.5 percent to a record $632 billion in 2010, and forecasts that restaurant employment will reach 12.9 million, a tenth of the total American workforce. - Glenn Collins Gilt Taste: Sure you can make your own soda at home these days, but mineral water? Here's a recipe. - Nick Fox Will Write for Food: At a time when the notion of "intellectual property" has become a punch line, recipes are especially ripe for plagiarizing. They're being plucked, uncredited, for e-books, databases and cookbooks - Patrick Farrell Tasting Table: A peek at some of the new food movies that are on the way this year. - Jeff Gordinier Bon Appétit: Dinner guests who critique your wine pairing and pick at your Ina Garten chicken dish; restaurant reservation-takers who treat you like leftovers. All this and more in some cringe-inducing video re-enactments that demonstrate how food fanaticism has not entirely enriched the world. - Patrick Farrell Wine Review Online: After more than 40 years of drinking Bordeaux, Ed McCarthy has learned a few things, including the conviction that Bordeaux does not have to be expensive to be good. - Eric Asimov Poetry Foundation: A vivid and moving Naomi Shihab Nye poem about family, immigrants, and the restorative comfort of breakfast at a classic American coffee shop. - Jeff Gordinier The Wall Street Journal: Four days before the big event, what could possibly have been left unsaid about Super Bowl party food? Carrots! The annual faceoff is the "largest single event for carrots." Hmmmm. . - Patrick Farrell