Leave it to Nikki Finke to find the most corrosive way to spin a rash of foodie stories. Proving she has lost none of her bile under new ownership, Finke flamed the NYT for excessive coverage of “Julie & Julia,” snarking about director Nora Ephron’s movies and cozy relationship with the paper in the process.

The Times has indeed gone to town on the movie – it’s been hard to miss the multiple tie-ins – but the paper hasn’t been the only one to use “Julie & Julia” as an excuse to whip up food features. The L.A. Times ran a similar story about cooking in Ephron’s kitchen while the New Yorker ran a feature about the director, a convivial hostess in her own right.