Sauté Wednesday directs us to this detailed and depressing article on the depletion of the world's tuna supply. I suppose I shouldn't admit this, but I'm much more affected by the prospect of a drought of beautiful maguro sashimi, than I am by the prospect that the ocean's ecosystem is being irreversibly damaged.

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I swear this is true. Sometimes when I'm trying to find some interesting food news I'll troll around Google's news service typing in various food related search terms. For some reason I decide I'm in the mood for a reality TV show about food. I loved The Restaurant, and I need a fix since that show appears to be gone forever. I suppose that the popularity of cooking shows and reality shows means that I'm not really prescient, but still I was shocked to find out that my googling has predictive powers. Gordon Ramsay - fantastic London chef - is set to launch "Cook Idol". A combination of a cooking show and American Idol (or Pop Idol as they call it in England). Cool!