The Wednesday Wrap: Food News to Go

M-Squared: Watch an adorable video of Mark Bittman and his "mini-Minimalist" three-year-old sidekick making Mexican ice pops. [NY Times]

Mmmm.... Doughnuts: I'm very lucky to live two blocks away from Top Pot, easily the best bets for doughnuts in Seattle, but my heart (and stomach) hold a soft spot for New York's amazing Doughnut Plant. [Boston Globe]

Not Your Mother's Clam Dip: Go beyond the junk-food aisle with gourmet upgrades to classic chip-and-dip combos. [Chicago Tribune]

Gourmet Gizmos: Do you really need a stainless steel jalapeño pepper roaster? Emily Dwass test drives some of this summer's silliest cooking gadgets. [LA Times]

Bruni Beat: Two stars ("very good") for Bleecker Street's  Bar Q: "In terms of its variability from one stretch of the menu to another, Bar Q is a riddle, but it's a riddle with a solution: don't pay too much attention to the restaurant’s name, which alludes to barbecue, or to the culinary direction in which that name points you." And steer clear of the Warm Walnut Soup, which "tasted like a mishap involving cookie dough and dishwater." [NY Times]

--BTP