For the hapless home cook: To-go Thanksgiving meals bit.ly/sE8MFX and where to make holiday reservations bit.ly/tkUHAF #eat

NY's Eleven Madison Park releases cookbook at The Aviary, Next gears up to release iPad cookbook tomorrow bit.ly/sgiFa1 #eat

An exclusive first look at Next Restaurant's digital cookbook, hitting the iTunes store tomorrow bit.ly/trmtqY

And so it begins. #michelinchicago RT David Posey one star

Forthcoming Boka-Bristol hype machine Balena teases us with desserts from Amanda Rockman, GooseClybourn collab beer bit.ly/uZd4X6

RT NBC Chicago Sam Zell reportedly planning to buy Waldorf Chicago, convert it into Waldorf Astoria: bit.ly/ur2Bw3

Blackbird, L&E, and Bonsoiree all tweeting retained Michelin stars.

RT Giuseppe Tentori Congratulation to the Boka team ,another year with @MichelinGuideCH .csheltonboka Sarah Jordan John Kirchner .

Stop refreshing—here are the Michelin 2012 Chicago winners: bit.ly/u9POA5 #eat

VIDEO: The Feast goes grocery shopping with Spiaggia's Tony Mantuano for an Italian Thanksgiving bit.ly/u1jqWx #eat

In tragic announcements: RT Scooter's Custard 16 Days to go until Scooter's Closes for the season. Stock your freezer NOW!

WTFood: Matt Eversman of forthcoming West Loop restaurant OON dabbles in acting w/TV pilot Chicago Kitchen Patrol bit.ly/t7A8iH

As Congress struggles to declare pizza a vegetable, we bring you 10 places to find veggie pizza in Chicago bit.ly/sK8hlS

Save big with $1 tapas at Bodega No. 5, cheap brunch at Kitsch'n bit.ly/uKu6IN

Top Cheffer Heather Terhune recounts Thanksgiving circa 1979 (complete with wood paneled walls) bit.ly/saS271

Sprout's Dale Levitski reveals forthcoming second concept, frog n snail bit.ly/umO1jn

Are you so stoked for Thanksgiving you can't even wait a week? Get a jump start with Turkey Day-inspired menu items bit.ly/rslV81

Goddess and Grocer's Debbie Sharpe shows us how to make the restaurant's popular roasted turkey for the holidays bit.ly/sD1XEb

Garden grappa, pizza bots, and other hidden facts about Tony Mantuano's newest spot Bar Toma, opening tomorrow thefeast.com/chicago/Garden…

RT Takashi Yagihashi Check out our new restaurant in River North :: Slurping Turtle @ 116 W Hubbard St is now officially OPEN for Slurping!!