Food Kickstarters, Mothers’ Day meal, competitive eaters in my neighborhood and ToTs

Food Links | Compiled by Nathan Mattise

• This week’s featured Kickstarter projects advertised some food court photography (it’s more about general malls + patrons) but they did have a charming food-related initiative with a children’s book about a burrito written by a mother/daughter team.

• So you can provide 360-degree coverage of Mothers’ Day ,the local paper has recipes from local mothers and Bon Appetit has recipes for your mother.

• My love for competitive eating is long documented, which is why the timing for this news couldn’t be worse. Joey Chestnut and other giants of the majors are coming through ‘Cuse to battle salt potatoes… over Syracuse University Commencement Weekend 2011. Maybe I can swing a preview at least.

• Lastly, at the above event, local rap icon ToTs is at least casually mentioning a campaign to perform. If you’re unfamiliar with his work, Jerk Magazine recently ran a quick Q&A.