Food roundup for april 29

Here’s what was being written about today in the world of food and dining news:

Fat City’s Owen Morris discusses the uncommon but potentially beneficial practice of restaurants charging for bread and butter.

Flickr: Roboppy

Question for the ages: Is it better to pay for good bread or get stale bread for free?

In case you missed your free Ben and Jerry’s a few days back, tonight is your chance to get a 31 cent cone from Baskin-Robbins. It’s part of their annual 31 Cent Scoop Night to benefit the National Volunteer Firefighters Council, but don’t worry, you can be the cheapskate that just gets a cone and leaves without donating a single penny.

Bites’ Nicki Wood takes on the misleadingly delicious sounding idea of “red velvet” as a flavor. Mmmm…red velvet…

And lastly, this week’s edition of Pairing Off does its best to offer up the perfect wine to accompany Cheez Its. Whatever. It would have been a lot easier to just write down the handful of wines that don’t pair with Cheez Its.