Sharpen Your Zen; Drink At Home

OAK CLIFF -- Zen Sushi's executive chef, Michelle Carpenter, has bent under the weight of customer requests and will be using 20 years experience to teach average folks how to use a chef's knife for culinary good. Contact the restaurant to reserve a spot in the January 21 intro course. [Eaterwire]

BOOZEWIRE -- City of Ate's Sundey McClendon goes for five nights of house-bound drinking. She didn't like the hot Dr Pepper with lemon so, legally, she might have to be ejected from Texas. [City of Ate]

DOWNTOWN -- Andrew Chalk is dishing up the skinny -- or, exactly the opposite, really -- on Richard Blankenship's winter menu at Charlie Palmer at the Joule. [SideDish]

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