Sexy Steaks, Manly Drinking, "The Next Chipotle": 10 Hot Topics On Food Republic

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How do you drink like a man? Or taste chocolate like you know what you're doing? And should restaurants agree to store diners' leftovers overnight? So many questions this week at Food Republic — we've got your answers here. With Valentine's Day being this weekend (you're welcome for the reminder), we compiled our sexiest steak recipes to make at home and rounded up some restaurant openings around the country for those not into the whole DIY idea. We also discussed French wine bars, Lisbon's best cervejarias and the death of the term "the next Chipotle." All that and more on this week's 10 Hot Topics on Food Republic.

  • Behold: Six rules for drinking like a man.
  • How to taste chocolate like you know what you're doing.
  • Should restaurants agree to store diners' leftovers overnight? We debate.
  • Valentine's Day cooking practice round: our sexiest steak recipes ever.
  • A roundup of this week's restaurant openings. Batali and Bloomfield included.
  • Chef George Mendes provided us with a guide to Lisbon's best cervejarias.
  • Someone cooked our entire hot-dog chart! Whoa!
  • Did wine fraud prompt the suicide of one of the world's top chefs?
  • We talk about the art of the French wine bar...in NYC.
  • RIP to the term "the next Chipotle." Here's its obituary.
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