Food roundup for march 17

Here’s what’s going on today in food and dining news:

Since we’ve already been beating everyone over the head with recommendations about how to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we figured it was time to let someone else have a chance. Here are a few more Irish inspired drinks you can add to your repertoire.

In another installment of cooking school secrets, this week offers a quick lesson in how to tell if your meat is cooked properly. The biggest take away is that if you’re obsessive about how your steak is cooked you might want to spend a little time up front asking your server about how their steaks are usually prepared. That way you don’t have to be a jerk later and send something back.

On a similar note, if you’re ordering a bottle of wine to accompany your steak, what is the proper protocol for tipping? Are you really supposed to tip 16 to 20 percent on an overpriced bottle because your server opened it for you? This week’s Ask the Bartender provides the answer.

And lastly, it appears Whole Foods fired one of their employees for retrieving a tuna fish sandwich from the trash. We’re not overly familiar with the entire case, but it does seem like rummaging through trash should be fair game as long as it’s not being done while you’re on the clock.