WEDNESDAY WASH-DOWN: HOME COOKIN'

Wednesday is food day, when most newpapers publish food sections, thus, Wednesday Wash-Down. Highlights, best first:

#1 NYT »» Tacos at home, Little Owl: 2*'d, Bouley demos, Little Israel, $25 & Under: Chicory Brooklyn, Wagyu from Japan...here, Food Stuff, Off the Menu, Healthier and better ice cream?
#2 WPOST »» Potlucks, Bamian 2½*'d, Catering...hmm, 32 minutes in Wasabi, Foraging: Modern Times, Whole Smoked-Grilled Trout
#3 LAT »» Japanese home cooking (I want these books), Fruity cocktails, Social Hollywood 2*'d, Nobu LA, The Find: Sohoju
#4 NYSUN »» Homemade ice cream, Little Owl, Beaujolais, Kitchen Dish, Southampton lobster roll
#5 NYPOST »» In Tent, Spotted Dick?, Wine-O-Matic
#6 DAILY NEWS »» Because The News thinks you can't buy a magazine..., The peach that ate New York, Power outage cooking in Queens, Wendys' dumping trans fat oils in August, PR Journalism
#7 NYOBSERVER »» Nagomi 2*'d

Things of note since last Wednesday:

NYT: Málaga Gazpacho, Food in Genoa, CA Taco Trip
New York Magazine's 101 Best Cheap Eats

After the jump, the Eater oddsmakers' Brunibetting, Eater Odds on Frank Bruni's NYT Review:


Zero Stars: 10-1
One Star: 2-1
Two Stars: 4-1
Three Stars: 25-1
Four Stars: 25,000-1

Eater has given itself a coniption fit; they double-dared Frank to two-star Le Cirque and Little Owl, back-to-back. They bet one-star, he gave it two. The fallout? InstaBruni.

*InstaBruni: Based on the reliable assumption that Bruni's reviews are based on a preconceived idea of a restaurant and not the actual restaurant, the number of stars a restaurant will, or would, get in his universe--and, by extension, the Times Dining section.

They were incorrect with a one-star bet. Score as of 7/18: 1/2.