Video clips featuring culinary subject matter: your favorite chefs, the latest restaurant openings, food product releases and more!

1. Shake Shack’s Growing Empire (CNBC NEWS)
2. Hideo Kuribara, Sushi Chef, Butchers Giant Kindai Tuna (HUFFINGTON POST)
3. The Dish: Langzhou Noodles (GOURMET)
4. Making Mrs. Field’s Chocolate Chip Cookies – RECIPE (YUM SUGAR)
5. The birthplace of the cheeseburger (CNN)
6. Video Recipe: Homemade Sauerkraut (REAL FOOD FORAGER)

On the menu…

1. McDonald’s to open restaurant in America’s healthiest city (TELEGRAPH)
2. Taco Bell hopes fresh food will whet diner demand (REUTERS)
3. Getting food on the table – the plea for a greener revolution (SMH)
4. Singer Lyle Lovett Insults Rick Bayless For Not Being Mexican (CHICAGOIST)
5. $100 hot dog includes cognac, lobster (UPI)
6. Enter the Food Dragon (ABC)

A roundup of new products…

1. Dulce de Leche Cheerios® (CHEERIOS)
2. Microplane Easy Prep Meat Tenderizer (MICROPLANE)
3. Near East® Quinoa Blend (NEAR EAST)
4. Chai tea granola pecan bars (POP CANDY)
5. Finger Licking Good: Bacon Hand Sanitizer (INCREDIBLE THINGS)
6. Smart Balance Heart Right Fat Free Milk (FOOD PROCESSING)
   

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food? If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. San Jose: Innovation, and wine, makes for a stress free destination (WASHINGTON TIMES)
2. Kiwifruit, green-lipped mussels and other New Zealand delights (CNN)
3. Paris: Adrian Moore’s Plats du Jour (WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY)
4. 24-Hours in Beijing: A Culinary Tour (GOURMET)
5. Sacramento couple design their trips around world’s great restaurants (SACRAMENTO BEE)
6. San Francisco: A Heaven for Foodies (THE STAR)

Polish up your kitchen skills with How-To advice from Internet resources:

1. Inside The Butcher Shop: Beef Cuts 101 – SLIDE SHOW (HUFFINGTON POST)
2. Guide to Beef Cuts (CHANNEL 4)
3. Jacques Pepin Cooking Tips: How to Clean Mussels (KQED)
4. How to Cut & Pit an Avocado – VIDEO (YUM SUGAR)
5. How to Make Fried Chicken (COOKS COUNTRY)
6. The Complete Guide to Stuffing & Dressing  (EPICURIOUS)