Seriously: I got nothing this week except for the opening of the Greensboro Zaxby’s.

Big news: America has voted and the results are in — no, not talking about “American Idol” here, but Girl Scout cookies..

A neighborhood in northeast Greensboro — mine, incidentally — becomes one step closer to becoming a food desert after Sav- A-Lot.

Salem, the one designed by New York’s World Trade Center architect William F. Lamb.

As far as culinary events are concerned, most Triad restaurants have nothing going on but the rent this week, which is ironic because I bet nobody feels like cooking. All I can find id the clearance sale.

Discounted wine and dinner reservations are the name of the game for the New Year’s holiday, depending on your level of seriousness and how much money you want to spend.

My Italian family no longer observes the Christmas Eve custom of eating seven fishes for Baby Jesus — a shame, because my grandmother’s shrimp marinara is perhaps my favorite dish ever — but on Christmas Day we still eat meatballs, lasagne, Italian sausage and a huge antipasto like we have been doing for generations.

In the US, we thank McDonald’s for giving away toys with Happy Meals. In Brazil, the government fines the fast-food company. McDonald’s must cough up $1.8 million after being sued by a consumer advocacy group claiming that the toys “distort values” and encourage unhealthy eating habits,” according to Ad Age.

Starting off this week’s Served column is an announcement: Meatballs are the new bacon. This comes straight from my friend the Dick, who, come to think of it, is actually built like a meatball.

It’s the week after Thanksgiving, and the pickings in the Triad culinary scene are about as slim as they are on that turkey carcass.

There’s lots going on in the Triad restaurant scene this week — and that’s not even counting the biggest food-based holiday of them all, Thanksgiving,.

Big doings in the days leading up to Thanksgiving with things you can put in your mouth. It’s beaujolais nouveau time, for all you wussified wine lovers out there, and on soft-drink news, Papa John’s mediocre pizzeria chain has switched from Coke to Pepsi.

And if you miss the rustic, artisan loaves that came from Simple Kneads in Greensboro’s Elm Street alleyway, rejoice in the fact that another breadmaker, Loaf Bakery,.

But according to CNNMoney.com, you might want to hoard some of those Reese’s products, as the price of peanut butter is set to rise 20-40 percent this month after a poor crop this year.

Before the candy starts to flow, let’s visit the situation at Palmetto’s in downtown Greensboro, which the News & Record reported as having been closed due to nonpayment of taxes. As o

Ya heard? Taco Bells newest menu item is a taco with a shell like a giant, orange Dorito. Hope it comes with a Wet-Nap. Meanwhile Jakes Diner has expanded into Kernersville and Rocco Scarfone has re-opened the High Point Road Hams just in tome for football season.

Theres a new grocery store coming to my neighborhood in Greensboro thats the Bellemeade Shopping Center.

That we love our chain restaurants in Greensboro is aptly exemplified by the sale of the IHOP.

First things first: It has come to my attention during our Greensboro City Council candidate interviews that Mahis, Marikay Abuzuaiters.

Nations Restaurant News released the results of its annual poll concerning fast-casual and limited-service chain restaurants this week. Bonefish Grill topped the list of fast-casual, followed by PF Changs. In the limited-service category, the only local chain was Ben & Jerrys Scoop Shop, which placed third.