After a negative review of his new pizzeria Pulino's by New York critic Adam Platt, the Balthazar and Pastis owner lashed out in a public letter calling Platt "over-weight" and "bald". Here's the whole Bob Dylan-referencing screed.

They say when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Likewise, when you call the cops to a middle school cafeteria food fight, they will take 25 kids to jail. It's what they do!

Balthaczar Keith McNally and Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni are at it again. This time McNally takes issue with Bruni's friendship with Ed Levine, a food author. McNally is getting crazier by the minute! [Eater]