[Photo by Sarah McColl]

• In Brooklyn, Sarah dispatches her foodie blues with porkchops and pickles, à la française. [Pink of Perfection]
• In Columbus, OH, Becke mourns the loss of The Dog Joint, and its “Windy City Dog.” [Columbus Foodie]-
• In Clinton, MI, Paul and Mandy prove mix-masters with a brunch —a “subaverage” brunch!— that is partially homegrown (fried eggs, sourdough bread, quince jelly), partially foreign (butter, salt, pepper, coffee), and 100% covetable. [Dragonwood]
• In Arizona, Anne conquers her baking pan issues with milk chocolate mini bundt cakes. Verdict: sub in bittersweet chocolate and a ganache topping and it just might be a winner. [Anne Strawberry]
• And in Nashville, Rebecca pays tribute to the Big Easy via a “2-day-old baguette, a freshly opened bottle of Maker’s Mark and five delicious snowbound days.” [Ezra Poundcake]