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- Today in novelty food: Krispy Kreme will release a brand new Reese’s doughnut this Friday. Available at participating US locations, “the limited-edition doughnut is filled with a Reese's Peanut Butter Kreme filling, dipped in chocolate icing, and topped with a chocolate and peanut butter drizzle and Reese's Mini Peanut Butter chips and peanuts.”
- Aziz Ansari chose Paris restaurant Au Passage, known for its menu full of small plates, as the location for his GQ interview to take place.
- Lauded Houston chef Hugh Ortega is headed to San Francisco for a collaboration with chef Michael Mina’s Mina Test Kitchen. Eater SF has all the details.
- Chef Erin French’s Maine restaurant, Lost Kitchen, takes reservations four nights a week, eight months out of the year, for dinner inside a hydropowered grist mill. This profile explains how she’s turned a tiny town into a dining destination — one that also earned a place on Bill Addison’s New England 38.
- Shake Shack has a chatbot now! It can answer 300 commonly asked questions, including where the closest location of the chain is.
- Cracker Barrel will open its first-ever store in California in February 2018. Looks like this couple will now have one more restaurant to cross off their list.
- “Guilt-free” brand Halo Top is now the top-selling pint of ice cream in American grocery stores.