Family Circle: Family Circle has the results of its sixth quadrennial Presidential Cookie Contest, in which the two ladies battling it out for FLOTUS each submit a cookie recipe for a little friendly baking competition. Lady O’s White and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookie won out over Ann Romney’s M&M cookies by only 287 votes; the smallest margin in the contest’s 20-year history. Interestingly, the winner of the Presidential Cookie Contest has predicted the winner of the presidential race in every case except one. (Cindy McCain’s Oatmeal-Butterscotch Cookies beat out Michelle Obama’s Shortbread Cookies in 2008.) But we suspect that has more to do with oatmeal (the cookie base for 5 of the 6 winning recipes) than anything else.
Twitter: Anthony Bourdain is shooting the last episode of The Layover right now, and the “production vehicle” for it is a Porsche. Well, he had to tweet a pic of a macho car to make up for that dance class photo.
Inside Scoop SF: Let 2013 be known as the year
Twitter: Eric Ripert tweeted, “BREAKING NEWS: Just received anonymous call from a @MichelinGuideNY inspector awarding @LeBernardinNY 3 Stars – MAX RATING!!!” BREAKING NEWS! Eric Ripert’s Twitter has been hacked by Captain Obvious!
The Atlantic: Because things are getting real presidential around here, here’s a photo of Mitt Romney chilling with the staff of a Denver-area Chipotle. Can you spot which of these things is not like the other?
Yahoo: And, for the sake of equal opportunity coverage, here’s a portrait of Barack Obama made of Cheetos. Braiser, out.