Food & Wine restaurant editor Kate Krader wasn't just throwing around false terms of endearment when she called Portland Eater Awards winner Matt Lightner her "little brother": Krader follows up her kudos with a F&W blog post chronicling the Castagna chef's whirlwind 24 hours eating in New York City — with a nod to his Ripert-like award plans. "And what was Lightner going to do when he got back to Portland?" Krader writes. "Open up his Eater Award (actually a can of tomatoes) and make Bolognese sauce." NICE. [F&W]
