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Dine About Town Kicks Off Next Week; New Girl Scout Cookie Debuts

• It’s January, traditionally the slowest month of the year for restaurants, and thus we have Restaurant Month in Napa, Dine About Town in San Francisco starting next week, and Oakland Restaurant Week kicking off the week after that. Let the prix fixes begin! [Grub Street]

• For everyone who wants to hang with the Yelp Elite next week, you’ll need to RSVP for one night of their five-night Holiday Hangover. RSVP opens at noon. [Yelp]

• Daniel Boulud loves Frito Pie. Yep, you heard us. [Food Republic]

• A step in the right direction: The FDA has banned the use of a class of antibiotics called cephalosporins in livestock raising. [LAT]

• Stop the (cookie) presses, there’s a new Girl Scout cookie in town. Dubbed Savannah Smiles, it’s a lemon wedge dusted with powdered sugar. [HuffPo]

• As if there weren’t already enough orange and hot pink in the world, Dunkin’ Donuts has announced plans to double its U.S. locations over the next two decades. [CNN Money]

• If you must think about detoxing this week, here’s Serious Eats’ favorite foods for getting the job done, from cottage cheese to cucumbers. [SE]

Dine About Town Kicks Off Next Week; New Girl Scout Cookie Debuts