BOOK CLUB— Blue Hill at Stone Barns chef/owner Dan Barber has a new book hit shelves May 20. The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food offers Barber's "vision for a new future of American eating," with his field notes unfolding over the course of 496 pages. In her back-cover blurb, Ruth Reichl enthuses: "If I could give every cook just one book, this would be the one." [EaterWire]
NEW YORK CITY— The cupcake ATM that took Los Angeles by storm is on its way to New York City: Cupcake bakery Sprinkles announced it'll launch one of the machines at its Lexington Avenue store next Tuesday, March 25. As Eater NY notes, it'll be the fifth cupcake ATM operating in the U.S. [Eater NY]
DETROIT— Comerica Park, home of MLB's Detroit Tigers, ups its concessions game with a new poutine hot dog: Crains Detroit reports the dish features a traditional ballpark hot dog topped with French fries, gravy, and cheese curds. It's an exciting time of year for stadium diners: Just yesterday, Arizona's Chase Field announced it would add an 18-inch cheese-and-bacon-stuffed corn dog to its menu for the 2014 season. [Crains]