Variety starts a food blog

If you want to be technical, The Knife is "a blog about restaurants favored by the entertainment industry. Monday through Thursday, The Knife is where to eat and drink in the name of work; Friday is reserved for eating that isn't work." The writer is Dana Harris, frustrated sous chef turned restaurant critic turned film editor for Variety.

I’ll look at new restaurants angling for your expense accounts and let you know if old standbys still make the cut. I’ll tell you if there’s unpleasant surprises at the valet stand, if the chairs are comfortable, if you can hear yourself speak, if you can’t get out for under $100, how much they're marking up the wine, where you can eat halfway between two studios, where there’s private rooms and where you wouldn’t want to be caught dead.

The Knife is because Hollywood wouldn’t work without back-to-back breakfast meetings, lunches booked weeks in advance and the calculations of whether someone is worth drinks or dinner. And just because our "good" restaurants are often judged by who's next to your table rather than what's on your plate, that’s no reason you shouldn’t eat well.

Slogan: Because everyone eats lunch in this town again. Today's top post is about the noon opening of Pizzeria Mozza, the much-hyped union of Nancy Silverton and Mario Batali. Worth mentioning: Variety senior editor Pat Saperstein has her own food blog, Eating L.A., but apparently is not part of The Knife.