· It’s been brought to our attention that October is “National Pork Month.” Why an entire variety of meat needs its own month is beyond us, but we thought you might want to celebrate regardless. Boudin, chorizo, bacon, saumagen, ham. Chow on. Apologies to our Muslim and Jewish readers. For the vegetarians, try Hung Vuong Supermarket on 11th and Washington. They have a vegetarian ham that’s delicious and pretty cheap. [Beer Lass]

· Joe Sixpack (we’d love to hear his take on Sarah Palin using his good name, BTW) expounds on the migration of “hipsters” to South Philly, what with their “tight jeans and tats”, always “cruising down Passyunk Avenue on single-gear fixies.” How… astute. But he does use this to springboard into a good list of beer holes in that area. YOU BETCHA! (Wink.) [philly.com]

· Forbes Traveller has put out a list of 11 Classic American Dishes. Naturally, resident racist Joey Vento gets a nod, along with steak sandwich innovator Pat Oliveri. No mention though of the fact that you can get a better steak sandwich for half the price at any of Philadelphia’s hundreds of corner pizzerias and sandwich shops. [ForbesTraveler via MenuPages]