You do follow our Twitter @slashfood, don'tcha? The Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chefs festivities commence at 6:30 p.m. on April 1, and Food & Wine Editor-In-Chief Dana Cowin has been dropping devilish little hints about the winners via Twitter all day long. First person to solve the mystery wins two tickets to tomorrow night's event.

Won't you Tweet with us? If we're really lucky, we'll even post some red-hot guest chef David Chang or "Top Chef" winner Harold Dieterle cell-phone camera action.

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• A beer expert vs. a wine expert.
• If you ever have to roast a sucking pig, here's how to do it.
• A foodie road trip to Jamaica.
• Three outdoor escapes, in Montana, Wisconsin, and California.
• A list of what to drink this summer.
• Here are 15 simple condiments you can make, along with 12 healthy fruit desserts (including the Concord Grape Granita, above).
• This month's recipes include: Sunflower Seed Dip with Dill, Sweet and Sour Carrots, Buttermilk Chicken with Crispy Cornflakes, Grilled Mini Meat Loafs, Vietnamese Chicken Salad, Four Citrus Salsa, Hot Dogs with Grilled Coleslaw, Chocolate Fondue with Fruit and Grilled Pound Cake, and Zen Sangria.

• A foodie tour of the Mediterranean with Jacques Pepin.
• Eight travelers pick their favorite foods from around the world (and their favorite bags to put that food in).
• Airstream Cuisine.
• What are chefs in Spain interested in now?
• Who's the next Jamie Oliver?
• A quick guide to Pinot Noir.
• How to make a better cupcake.
• New stuff for your kitchen, here, here, and here.
• This month's recipes include: Chilled Russian Borscht, Tangy Twice-Cooked Eggplants with Red Peppers, Watermelon and Goat Cheese Salad, Spiced Pinto Beans with Chorizo, Cubano Sandwiches, Korean Grilled Beef, Baja Fried Shrimp Tacos, Poached Eggs with Baked Feta and Olives, Chocolate Buttermilk Cake, and Lemonade Slushies with Mint and Lemon Verbena.

• It's Thanksgiving, and the magazine has a ton of great ideas.
• America's great wines to serve this holiday.
• Some easy recipes for foods to give as gifts this season.
• Jacques Pepin's favorite holiday desserts.
• A visit to the cooking school at Mexico's Rancho La Puerta spa.
• Here's the next great food destination in Las Vegas.
• The secrets of a cocktail master.
• This month's recipes include: Chicken Liver Pate' with Pistachios, Ginger Beef and Pork Toasts, Caramelized Onion and Toasted Bread Soup, Creamy Potatoes with Bacon, Applesauce Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake, Best Ever Nut Brittle, and Santa's Little Helper.

• If you're going to buy a dwarf Key lime tree for your dad, be careful.
• A Very Dallas Thanksgiving.
• A quick guide to some biodynamic wines.
• Explore the foods of Cleveland, Louisville, Memphis, and St. Louis.
• A guide to Thanksgiving in your 20s, 30s, and 40s.
• America's best new whiskeys.
• This month's recipes: Sweet & Spicy Chicken Curry, Cashews with Crispy Sage and Garlic, Potato Chips with Chevre, Pepper Jelly, and Bacon, Smoked Mozarella Spread with Flatbread Crackers, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, Pumpkin and Yellow Split Pea Soup, Savory Cranberry-Walnut Biscuits, Dr. Pepper-Glazed Ham with Prunes, Roasted Turkey with Italian Sausage Stuffing, Apple Cake with Toffee Crust, and Slow Cooker Sour Cream Cheesecake.

• It's summer, and that means it's time for a good old-fashioned Nantucket clambake.
• Wolfgang Puck on the 25th anniversary of Spago.
• What is White Tea Liqueur?
• Are vegetarians eating more meat these days?
• What's your food personality?
• Here are the best new California chardonnays.
• This month's recipes: Tarragon Lemonade, Goat Cheese-Garlic Toasts, Grilled Shrimp Summer Rolls, Potato Pancakes with Smoked Salmon, Caviar, and Dill Cream, Easy Chicken Fajitas, and Espresso-Chocolate Semifreddo.

• The mag visits star chef Jean Georges Vongerichten in Bora Bora.
• What is the world's greatest wine city?
• Japanese flavors are the next big thing.
• A quick lesson on how to cook pasta.
• Three ways to create a more interesting kitchen.
• Hungry travelers might want to try these portable salad bar candy bars.
• Here are some perfect salads and perfect salad dressings.
• This month's recipes: Chicken with Peruvian Marinade, Cucumber-Grapefruit Crab Salad, Grilled Hanger Steak with Bacon Chimichurri, Ginger Rice, Smoked Chicken Pizza with Red Pepper Pesto, Lemon Cake with Crackly Caramel Glaze, and the O-Hurricane Cocktail.

• Brooklyn has become America's food design central.
• Mario Batali has a new book out about NASCAR? Okay.
• Three star chefs make simple but elegant desserts.
• What the heck is Big Wine, and is it good or evil?
• Slashfood isn't the only one who has photo contests. Food & Wine is running their first ever.
• The mag also wants your input on how to improve their web site.
• This month's recipes include: Goat Cheese Stuffed Roasted Figs, Tea-Scented Pumpkin Soup, Napa Cabbage Salad, White Cheddar and Scallion Muffins, Crispy Monkfish with Capers, Grilled Hickory-Smoked Hanger Steak, Apple Crumble Cakes with Chestnuts, and The Icebreaker, a cocktail made with ice wine, grapes, and Vodka.

• On the cover: Food & Wine picks the next star chefs, and features interviews with each selection (scroll down).
• Some tips for your Fourth of July get-togethers.
• How to order wine off of a wine list.
• A profile of Harold Dieterle, the guy who won Bravo's Top Chef.
• Fast food gets a makeover from chefs.
• This month's recipes: Crab Balls with Grapefruit Salad, Daikon-Papaya Summer Rolls with Minted Yogurt Sauce,  Achiote Rice, Bouillabaisse, Caeser Salad with Meatballs, Chicken with Mulato Chile Sauce, Baby Burgers with Angry Onions, Blueberry-Raspberry Tart, and Sparkling Lime-Mint Coolers.
  

Nicole has been recommending a different cookbook every morning, but if you're looking for an encapulated list, the June 2006 issue of Food & Wine magazine has listed their picks for the Top 25 cookbooks of the year. They've grouped their choices into six categories: Chef Showcases, Everyday Experts, Global Exporters, Entertaining Helpers, Southern Stars, and Dessert Specialists. This is great place to start if you're looking for gifts for summer birthdays, graduations, Father's Day, and weddings! The article has a few recipes pulled from some of the cookbooks.

Chef Showcases
Molto Italiano by Mario Batali
Grilling For Life by Bobby Flay with Stephanie Banyas and Sally Jackson
Sunday Suppers at Lucques by Suzanne Goin with Teri Gelber
The New American Steakhouse Cookbook by David Walzog and Andrew Friedman
Brunch by Marc Meyer and Peter Meehan

We're always happy to see the shiny happy food magazines and websites crumble under peer pressure to start blogs. In addition to Daily Dish, Epicurious' editor has her personal blog, Epi-Log, now Bon Appetit has their own blog, and we've seen the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle restaurant reviewers turn themselves onto blogs as well. While Food and Wine hasn't yet created their own blog, they have added Blog Watch to their main page on their web presence, which lists their five favorite food blog posts from the previous week.

But just give them some time. We know we'll see a blog from them soon enough. Just got to make sure its up to Pete Wells' standards...

Food & Wine magazine has announced its list of Best New Chefs of 2006. The 10 chefs come from across the country--and surprise-- there's even a chef from New Hampshire, the first time a chef from the Granite State has appeared on the list. The chef is Mary Dumont from the Dunaway Restaurant at Strawbery Banke. Past chefs chosen in the Best New Chef category include Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud and Nobu Matsuhisa. Eater has the full release.

• Cathal Armstrong Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA
• Christopher Lee Striped Bass, Philadelphia, PA
• David Chang Momofuku, New York, NY
• Douglas Keane Cyrus, Healdsburg, CA
• Jason Wilson Crush, Seattle, WA
• Jonathan Benno Per Se, New York, NY
• Mary Dumont The Dunaway Restaurant at Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH
• Michael Carlson Schwa, Chicago, IL
• Pino Maffeo Restaurant L, Boston, MA
• Stewart Woodman Five, Minneapolis, MN