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S.F. chef Danny Bowien is not stopping with just two locations of Mission Chinese Food, in San Francisco and New York; as we're learning today via the new print edition of Food Arts (not yet online), he's heading to Paris in January to scope out possible restaurant spaces there. Paris may be ripe for Bowien's spiced up, Americanized versions of Chinese food, as the city has not had a wealth of decent Asian cuisine until very recently, even though Parisians tend to love Asian food and there's been a significant influx of Chinese immigrants there recently too. It remains to be seen how they'll feel about his hair. [Food Arts via Grub Street NY]

Friday's news of the potential closure and sale of the Hostess company and its iconic snack-cake brands sent the internet spinning with nostalgia, laments, stories of Twinkie hoarding, gloating by healthy food advocates, etc. Well, it turns out there's still a chance the company will be saved, and maybe they were just showing they weren't afraid to sell it all off in the face of major financial problems and a stubborn union. As the Times' Dealbook site is reporting, a federal judge has pushed Hostess and the bakers union back into mediation this week, and the two sides have agreed to meet one last time on Tuesday to try to come to a deal to avoid 18,000 layoffs and a complete closure of the company. If they can't reach an agreement, Hostess will again seek approval of their close-out plan beginning Wednesday, which includes the sale of the Twinkies, Ho Hos, and Ding Dong brands, and the closure of multiple plants. [NYT, Earlier]

A new weekly pop-up arrives today at Beauty's Bagel Shop (3838 Telegraph Avenue) in Temescal called Ronca's Kitchen. As the East Bay Express reports, it's a chicken-and-waffles affair from the mother-and-daughter team of Ingrid Ibarra, a St. Helena-based personal chef, and Julia Ibarra. They typically do fried chicken sandwiches each Monday at lunch (Beauty's is typically closed on Mondays), from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and then chicken and waffles at dinner from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Luke Tsai deems their Bakesale Betty-esque fried chicken sandwich "quite tasty," and on a crispier torpedo roll. Today, in honor of Thanksgiving, Ronca's is doing a fried turkey sandwich with balsamic pearl onions, along with a pumpkin pie cookie, for $10. [EBX]

In Sunday's Chron, Michael Bauer offered up his thoughts on the newish Mission Rock Resort, formerly known as Kelly's Mission Rock before being rehabbed and improved by Peter Osborne (Pete's Tavern, Momo's) this year. He finds himself enchanted by the view, both from the deck and from indoors, and says, "The interior is pleasant but hard to remember because all eyes are on what's outside." As for the food, it's "good enough," especially the $75 seafood platter, the fish and chips, and the line-caught dorado. But, "when chef Sam Ehrlich gets creative, the results are mixed." He recommends the eggs Benedict at brunch, saying overall they do a good brunch. But the service, on his four visits, was "uneven." The verdict: two stars. [Chron]