5@5 is a daily, food-related list from chefs, writers, political pundits, musicians, actors, and all manner of opinionated people from around the globe.

No food Web site would be complete without the requisite list of the best food-related songs ("Cheeseburgers in Paradise!" "Strawberry Fields Forever!") or top food-related movies ("Tampopo!" "Chocolat!") - but here at Eatocracy, we decided to beat that beat a little further.

By trade, Justin Warner is a captain at The Modern - Danny Meyer’s fine dining restaurant in New York City that holds three stars from the New York Times and one star from the Michelin Guide.

By craft, Warner drops oenophile-themed hip-hop to the food industry masses under his pseudonym, Jdollasign. He's known to spit "Châteauneuf-du-Pape" to the tune of Snoop Dogg's "Drop it Like It's Hot," and engage in epic "Grapes of Rap" battles at food and wine festivals - and now, he's live in studio to share his favorite rhymes with some serious flavor.

Five Gastro-Rap Anthems: Justin Warner

Got a favorite rhyme that bites back? Share your favorite gastro-rap anthems in the comments.
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CNN Tech has weighed in on the publishing blunder that's got everyone from food fiends to 4chan up in arms over online copyrights. In a nutshell, a blogger named Monica Gaudio found that a post she'd written about medieval tart making had been reprinted, without her permission, in a Western New England print magazine called Cooks Source.

When Gaudio contacted the magazine's editor Judith Griggs to ask for an apology on Facebook and a donation of $130 - approximately $.10 a word - to the Columbia School of Journalism, she was shocked to receive a reply that read, in part:

"But honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally.

Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution. We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me... ALWAYS for free!"

When Gaudio brought the story public on her blog, the collective denizens of the internet, well...

They did not like that one bit.

CNN Tech has the full story of the ongoing online backlash against Cooks Source, but we'll hazard a guess as to what got folks' - especially food writers - brioche in a bunch.
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From Lunchtime poll – Thanksgiving kitchen emergencies:

"A few years ago one of my co-workers was hosting Thanksgiving dinner for her family. Since her mom had to drive a long way to get to her house, she sent the ingredients for the green bean casserole to her daughters house. My friend noticed that her mother had included crumbled bacon, not something she usually added, but my friend included them anyway.

During dinner one of her nieces commented on the added bacon. At which point her mother turned a little green, and gently informed everyone that the 'bacon' was really her dog's Beggin' Strips that she had packed for his snack! My friend will never live down the dog food casserole!" - coyotemom

Sink your teeth into today's top stories from around the globe.

• Food whiz J. Kenji Lopez-Alt embarks on an elaborate experiment to prove or disprove if McDonald's burgers can really rot. - A Hamburger Today

• Speaking of burgers, why can't Britain cook a decent one? - Esquire

• An attempted robbery is thwarted by a squash. - WMUR

• A customer forgets their doggie bag at a restaurant and asks for a gift certificate in return. Thoughts from the peanut gallery? - Eater

• Is your cookie knowledge crisp or crumby? - Houston Chronicle

Yup – we know we're falling down on the job of making you pants-soilingly anxious about Thanksgiving dinner. You know, being all "rational" and "helpful" and whatnot with our recipes and tips for laid-back hosting - so sorry. To make up for it, let's induce some needless panic.

Please share your most entertaining horror stories in the comments below and we'll include our favorites in an upcoming post.

You may now resume rationality.

Previously - Should you pay for airplane food? and Plane fare: why I miss airline meals (even if they're awful)

While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday and the most delicious finds on TV.

We suspect the above gent's internal dialogue is going a little something like this: "Apple? Dooooooughnut! Apple? Doughnut! Apple? Mmmm, doughnuuuuut."

Lucky for him, today's battle between good and evil just a got a teensy bit easier - November 5 is National Doughnut Day.

Grab a glazed. Kobayashi (yes, we turned him into a verb) a kruller. Eat an éclair. Whatever your fried dough camp, just do it.

Do it! Do it! Do it! We won't tell a soul, scout's honor.

What's on TV?
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Chef Bryan Caswell has gotten a Best New Chef nod from Food & Wine magazine, been a James Beard Award nominee, and is currently vying for the position of Next Iron Chef. He also co-hosts radio show Southbound Food, is the chef/owner of Stella Sola, REEF and two outposts of Little Bigs, and will be opening a fifth restaurant - El Real Tex-Mex Cafe - with Texas food-writing legend Robb Walsh in 2011. He gets reeeaaaalllly cranky when his beloved Houston is overlooked by the food media.

We dig the folks at Eater.com, the site Caswell is citing, but let's give the man a chance to stand his ground for H-Town. Take it away, Caz.

Yesterday, I began my ritual surfing through the better-known food blogs and happened upon Eater.com where they are promoting their 2010 Eater Awards for the best restaurants and chefs in the seven cities that Eater.com covers: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Miami and Austin. Once again, my hometown of Houston has been omitted – and not just from the award competition but from an entire site dedicated to good eats across the country.

And it’s not just Eater.com that ritually snubs the fourth largest city in the U.S . - it’s endemic of all the major national publications, both in print and on the web.

Well, I’m sick of it.
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