Public Transit Picnic

Is it rude to eat on the subway? (By Helena Echlin)

Gotta Go Walk the Dog

Is it OK to leave a dinner party early? (By Helena Echlin)

Stop Broadcasting Your Social Life

Twittering on your digital device. (By Helena Echlin)

Mole in the Mountains

A gastronomic adventure in Xalapa, Mexico. (By Mick Vann)

For coffee on the go. (By Eric Slatkin)

Psst—know where to buy a mobile slaughterhouse? The state of Vermont may soon be in the market for a pair of ‘em, according to the AP. (By Christy Harrison)

New York magazine has a brief item on superchef Ming Tsai’s visit this week to Rockefeller Center. Awaiting him, courtesy of Ocean Spray, is a massive artificial cranberry bog. (By James Norton)

Mandela Foods in West Oakland and Basa Seafood Express in the Mission. (By Cicely Wedgeworth)

A Twin Cities blogger has stumbled upon a farm that produces a rather unusual crop. (By James Norton)

Some Bay Area farms are choosing not to participate in local markets, saying there’s too much produce and not enough profit. (By Traci Vogel)

Cream Pan’s early morning pastries. (By C. Thi Nguyen)

San Francisco bus stops are cookie free today, after an advertising campaign that infused the scent of chocolate chip cookies into city bus shelters has been shut down. Hungry commuters will have to sniff elsewhere. (By Tea Austen Weaver)

Epicurious readers discuss the most reliable lunch containers. (By Kara Zuaro)

Roti prata and roti canai around the bay. (By C. Thi Nguyen)

Jim loses weight despite the CHOWTour. In this dispatch he explores Reading Market and the supermarket chip aisle. (By Jim Leff)