Blog Bites: A Round-Up of the Week's Top Food Stories

• Kitchen at Penn continues to be noted by Philadelphia food blogs, this week showing up on Meal Ticket

• Events at Penn: Local bakery Cream and Sugar is holding an Ultimate Collegiate Cupcake Decorating Competition on Saturday, February 26th at Houston Hall to raise money for Ronald McDonald House

• Check out 34th Street's Spring Dining Guide

• Uwishunu reports on OpenTable's ten most booked restaurants in Philadelphia

• Esquire names Philadelphia one of America's Best Beer Cities

• Manakeesh Cafe Bakery in University City gets a favorable review in The Inquirer

• Events at Penn: Penn's 2013 Class Board is gearing up for a Sophomore Stephen Starr Restaurant Week, including a Q&A with Stephen Starr himself

• Penn Vegetarian Society has begun a blog discussing various aspects of vegetarianism

• Many Philadelphia nominees included in James Beard Award semifinalists for 2011 - Foobooz

• Uwishunu rounds up the best meatballs in Philadelphia

• Philadelphia chef creates a Kandy Kake slider, house-ground brisket patties sandwiched between Tastykake's Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes - Foobooz

• The politics of food: With the tough economic times, more suburbanites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are using food stamps - The Inquirer