SNACK TIME: eating art, Jose can't stop, won't stop, the FTC adds a word from our sponsors, no-cream ice creams, Penn Dining goes local

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SNACK TIME: eating art, Jose can't stop, won't stop, the FTC adds a word from our sponsors, no-cream ice creams, Penn Dining goes local

POSTED: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 7:30 PM
Filed Under: Snack Time
via Kitchenplay
Ruth Reichl

Every Wednesday, Meal Ticket pokes around the food blog world to see what's simmering.

-- Karina of Kitchenplay previews food-centric events scheduled for the upcoming First Person Arts Festival -- choose from a buffet of traditional American eats, a burger tour, a film screening catered by Ekta or dinner at Supper with Ruth Reichl, editor of� just-shuttered Gourmet magazine.

-- The Insider mines two tasty conceptual nuggets out of Craig LaBan's online chat with Jose Garces, then confirms that Garces is in lease negotiations for the Cira Center space that formerly housed Daniel Stern's Rae.� Can our superstar chef make this tough space work?

-- Professional Yelp-hater/canele baker Gaetano of Philly Market Caf� notes the Federal Trade Commission's new full-disclosure guidelines for bloggers and advertisers.� Read the AP story� on NYTimes.com for the big picture.

-- Kelly White at Living On The Vedge tests vegan soy and coconut milk ice creams, deeming that "once you get into the coconut, you realize that soy is for the freshmen." Bonus ruminations on seasonal Clif bars - Iced Gingerbread energy, anyone?

-- Penn's campus dining, now under new management, aims to be 33 percent locally-sourced by the end of 2010, reports The Illadelph.

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