Sampler Platter: Grilled cheese, Obama sushi, burger marathon

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Tasty Tuesday tidbits...

• Recently launched VendrTV, a N.Y.-based Web series that documents street food, plans to visit L.A. Tubefilter
• Dig Lounge heads out for a burger marathon, visiting Marathon Burger, Hawkins House of Burgers, B & R’s Old Fashioned Burgers, Fresh and Meaty Burger, Fred’s Downhome Burger and Master Burger.
• I have no clue what the Japanese text says, but this rendering of Obama in sushi is amazing! MSN Japan
• Former ‘Top Chef’ contender Fabio Viviani on love and food: ‘Chefs make great lovers, ‘cause if you don’t please them while you’re having sex, you please them while you’re making dinner. I please them in both cases.’ Grub Street
• From Uruguayan fontina to California cheddar, San Francisco hosts the Grilled Cheese Invitational in Dolores Park. SF Weekly

-- Elina Shatkin

(Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)