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

• Philly.com, home to The Inquirer and The Daily News, will celebrate the launch of a new food site on July 7 at the Reading Terminal Market

• Philly Mag and Foobooz undertake "The Great Philadelphia Pizza Quest," tasting pizzas from 547 Philly-area restaurants and collectively consuming 603,840 calories in the process, in an attempt to determine the top 50

• Next Night Market will be held in Mt. Airy on August 4 - Meal Ticket

• Uwishunu has more details on the food vendors at Taste of Philadelphia, which kicks off the 11-day Wawa Welcome America July 4th celebration in Philadelphia

• Will the bacon trend ever end? You can now get a banana cupcake topped with peanut butter cream and chocolate covered bacon from Philly Cupcake - Foobooz

• "Meatless Mondays Catch On, Even With Carnivores" - The New York Times