Things happening in the world of food:
• Phil Ashbach, who owned one of the city's best no-BS hot dog and burger stands, the former Phil's Last Stand (renamed Fatso's Last Stand a few weeks ago), died of brain cancer that was diagnosed last fall. An ebullient regular-guy host with more personality than a little stand could quite hold, Ashbach said his own best epitaph: "I'm a 400-pound Jew and I'm bald.…
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