••• “Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito from Baked in New York City show Kathie Lee and Hoda [of the Today show] how to bake traditional linzer cookies for your holiday celebration.” I’m so glad to see I’m not the only one who has trouble getting a food processor to work.

••• Sway Lounge on Spring (next to Giorgione) is closing. —Gothamist

••• The Broadsheet has a partial report on the Battery Park City Authority’s attempt at a community meeting. “Aside from process and outside of communication,” chair Dennis Mehiel actually asked, “I would like to understand. What is it on outcomes or activities or substance that we are doing wrong that is having an adverse impact on the lives of the residents?”

••• “A hot rumor to kick off the day: Eater sources whisper that John McDonald is working on a South Street Seaport spinoff of his East Village hit, Bowery Meat Company. The new restaurant might even be called Seaport Meat Company.” —Eater

••• “Parents at the Peck Slip School, P.S. 343, are battling back against a city program that starts their children’s school day by eating at their desk. [The parents] are arguing that most of their children already have breakfast at home and that serving them a meal again takes away valuable time that could be used for instruction.” —Tribeca Trib

••• More on the new art installation by Issam Kourbaj at the Trinity Church courtyard. —New York Times