Sampler Platter: URBNMKT, deep-fried fair food, Eric Ripert, bacon iPhone sleeve

-- L.A. has deep-fried pickles, olives, s’mores, Twinkies, frog legs, White Castle burgers and more. But Texas has deep-fried butter. Star-Telegram -- Salma Hayek cusses out hostess at Chateau Marmont. Radar (log-in required) -- ‘Avec Eric,’ chef Eric Ripert’s PBS cooking show, debuts this weekend. -- Delicious Coma’s online recipe organization system. -- A new version of surf ‘n turf: the Land, Sea and Air burger. Eat Me Daily -- The bacon iPhone sleeve: so right it’s wrong. Engadget -- Oregon and Washington bicyclists fighting to use fast-food drive-throughs. Los Angeles Times -- Gourmet Pigs reviews Brian Redzikowski’s revamped BondSt menu. -- Savory succotash at Reservoir. Caroline on Crack -- URBNMKT, farmers markets and football at USC. Food GPS -- Russians say ‘Nyet’ to effort to curb drinking. Los Angeles Times ‘We’re not drinking,’ a construction worker says while gulping down cans of beer at noon on a weekday. ‘We’re just killing our hangovers.’