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Restaurant notes: Bobby Flay to sign, rolls for charity

The Iron Chef is pushing a cookbook; Variety Club to benefit.

  1. Bobby Flay is touring to push his new cookbook, Bobby Flay's Throwdown! More Than 100 Recipes From Food Network's Ultimate Cooking Challenge. He'll hit two Williams-Sonoma stores on Wednesday, Oct. 13, to sign autographs: King of Prussia at 1 p.m. and the Bellevue (Broad and Walnut Streets) at 6 p.m.  I'm sure he'll also drop by his Bobby's Burger Palace in University City between engagements.

  2. Buy a roll, help a kid: Eagles right tackle Winston Justice has teamed up with the Rittenhouse Square restaurant Zama (128 S. 19th St.) on the "Justice for All" roll ($16), which consists of eight pieces of spicy tempura snow crab and shishi-toh pepper wrapped in soy paper, topped with tuna and scallion, and finished with chopped wasabi mayo and black tobiko. A portion of proceeds from the sale this month will go to the Variety Club.

  3. Pod in University City now takes payment by Xipwire, a service that allows people to send money through their smart phone. Details at Xipwire's site.

  4. The Prime Rib in the Radisson-Warwick sends word that it's searching for ugly men's and women's sportcoats. Bring one in before Oct. 31 and pose for a photo that will be posted on the steakhouse's website. Two weeks of voting will start Nov. 2. Winner gets dinner for two and a $100 gift certificate.