Food roundup for september 8

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

Fat City proposes that the cupcake phenomenon may have peaked. Whatever. People have been saying that about bacon for the past 2 years now.

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The Hot Dish ponders the question, do home gardens save money? We say, not if you keep ordering from Pizza Hut they don’t.

In another installment of Cheap Wine that Doesn’t Suck, Clean Plate Charlie takes a look at Robert Mondavi. This time it’s all about the 2007 Central Coast Syrah.

And lastly, LA’s Squid Ink gets down and dirty with one of the writers of the Gastrokid Cookbook. And by “down and dirty” we pretty much mean conducts a straightforward Q&A.;