The Oregonian: A chef who loves meat and owns a Jewish deli in Portland, Ore. was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes last month - and here is his new pastrami-free blog. - Julia Moskin Boston Magazine: The first installment of The Kitchen Spy, a series that takes a deep peek inside the homes (and refrigerators) of various chefs. We already have a feeling it's going to get addictive. - Jeff Gordinier Epicurious: For your breakfast reading, a bite-size history of the grapefruit. One bittersweet fact: "Grapefruit was a strange fruit to most Americans until the Great Depression, when it took off because citrus could be had for free with ... food stamps." - Patrick Farrell The Washington Post: The Virginia wine industry is booming, with both the number of wineries and the revenue they produce shooting upward. - Eric Asimov The Daily Mail: The British health minister, Anne Milton, looking for solutions to the nation's binge drinking, has called on the U.K. drinks industry to voluntarily water down their alcoholic beverages. - Robert Simonson Specialty Food.com: The hubbub is still a-bubble about trends at the recent Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, including: the profusion of cardamom teas and candies, including Hellimae's confections; high-end home pizza-crust-and-sauce kits; and the, er, hot new "flavor" for artisanal ice creams: brown. As in brown butter, as well as caramel. - Glenn Collins Serious Eats: Make your own Thai-style sriracha. But I do love that rooster sauce. - Nick Fox Eater: Old, thick and gnarly: a slide show of some of California's most historic vineyards. - Eric Asimov Tasting Table: From Colorado comes a cauliflower salad that sounds vibrant with flavor and just right for the drab middle of winter. - Jeff Gordinier The New York Post: In the celebrity-strewn wake of Elaine's, the new owners have kept a curiously low profile. Now they have identified themselves: Michael and Susy Glick, who run the nearby Parlor Steakhouse. Via Grub Street. - Patrick Farrell Eater: Some of the best vegetarian tasting menus in New York. - Nick Fox Julia Della Croce: A veal Marsala recipe that does justice to both ingredients. - Julia Moskin Dash and Bella: Phyllis Grant on making carbonara with Marcona almonds and getting through the frenzy of our days. - Jeff Gordinier Gawker: Not since Courtney Love went off on the subject years ago has anyone unleashed a jeremiad like this against cheese. Brian Moylan starts with the smell: "walking past the pungent cheese section of Whole Foods is like being in a sort of agricultural locker room." - Patrick Farrell Well: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Americans" trans fat blood levels decreased by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009. - Nick Fox Brooklyn Guy: The Brook writes of a magical night in which he drank the wonderful, iconic Côte-Rôties of Marius Gentaz, and succeeds in making me jealous. - Eric Asimov Supermarket News: Oh no, Mr. Bill, it's the "Valentine's Surf-and-Turf Meal" from Winn-Dixie Stores, complete with step-by-step meal instructions available both online and from cellphone QR codes (for your steak, lobster tails, baked potatoes, asparagus and chocolate-covered strawberries). And don't forget to ring them all up in the "Lover's Lane" express checkout line reserved for customers with Valentine-themed shopping-cart goodies! - Glenn Collins SF Weekly: San Francisco is a city that takes its dim sum very seriously. Here are some fine places to dive in. - Jeff Gordinier Gothamist: McDonald's brings back the Shamrock Shake, for the first time nationwide. A large weighs in at 840 calories and 24 grams of fat, so you may be wearing this green for a while. - Patrick Farrell