Sampler Platter: Bar crawls, dead deer and contemplating cream

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A few things to chew on...

• Take advantage of the Late Night DASH and hit up five places on blogdowntown’s pre-Christmas bar crawl

• Chocolate cupcakes with bacon cream cheese frosting. Not Eating Out in NY

• After less than a year, Le Bernardin pastry chef Michael Laiskonis might quit blogging due to a potential book deal. via Eat Me Daily

• 6,500 deer donated to food pantries. Chicago Tribune

• gas•tron•o•my visits Tofu Village in Koreatown across from the Wiltern.

• Cream Drops versus Creme Drops. Candy Blog

• Here come the Christmas cake wrecks.

-- Elina Shatkin