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Last year, while most of the food world buzzed about who won what James Beard Award, we couldn't believe how little attention was given over to the Design category. Maybe it was because the category itself seemed too narrow or perplexing to restaurateurs? To be sure, when we launched our Design section, we set out to cover anything from restaurant interiors to kitchen items to the graphic design of menus, logos and such.

He's one of the most respected chefs in the world when it comes to playing with fire, but Argentinian chef Francis Mallmann apparently can get a little hot himself. This weekend, Mallmann was slated to host a dinner as special guest chef and honorary president of the annual Montreal En Lumière festival, but the director of the festival's food programming, Germaine Salois, allegedly criticized his plating of dishes, calling them disrespectful to guests. 

Okay, slight variation on the WWR formula today. We tried to find unusual and/or regional stories to link to. So what'd we come up with? Fish that get the munchies, why beer is more refreshing than Gatorade, the South in denial about chicken and waffles, and much more. Links this way...