Prose, essays, book reviews & poetry with a focus on food:

1. Drink What You Know by Geoff Nicholson (NEW YORK TIMES)
2. The Joys of “Oishinbo” by Madeleine Schwartz (THE NEW YORKER)
3. To See the Food World in an English Muffin by Frank Bruni (THE ATLANTIC)
4. An inheritance of cake by Myrlin A. Hermes (SALON)
5. Eating Fire: Chili-head Peggy Hansen looks at what’s hot and what’s not in popular peppers (KQED)
6. ‘The Food Movement, Rising’: An Exchange by Joel Berg, Ellen Finkelpearl, Kevin Morgan, reply by Michael Pollan (NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS)
7. Elvis was a victim of marvellous American customer service by Harry Mount (TELEGRAPH)
8. A Catalan Chef: Publishers Weekly Talks with Colman Andrews
9. Behind the Drink: The Hemingway Daiquiri (LIQUOR.COM)
10. The misery of sharing food by Ariel Leve (GUARDIAN)

Bon Appétit!

1. Happy Birthday, Julia! (HUFFINGTON POST)
2. World’s largest BBQ ‘God-grilla’ that can cook 1,000 sausages at once (TELEGRAPH)
3. The 50 best cookbooks of all time (GUARDIAN)
4. Questions Linger as Shrimp Season Opens in Gulf (NEW YORK TIMES)
5. KFC owners wonder what happened to the ‘F’: Angered franchisees sue saying focus on grilled chicken has hurt the brand (MSNBC)
6. Cooking the Books with Ina Garten: Plus the Barefoot Contessa’s recipe for watermelon mojitos (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)

The Chef Recommends:

1. Publish or perish: Local chefs who have cookbooks (SF GATE)
2. Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, with restaurants around the world, makes a confession about travel (ZESTER DAILY)
3. Famed chef Thomas Keller whips up Labor Day feast (NY DAILY NEWS)
4. Welcome To $yndication Gordon! (PEREZ HILTON)
5. Guy Fieri, Chef-Dude, Is in the House (NY TIMES)
6. America’s Fittest Chefs (FOOD & WINE)

Hot off the grill:

1. Chinese food slurred again (GUARDIAN)
2. Sarah Symonds to release book about `affair` with Gordon Ramsay (M&C)
3. The Paradox of Recipe Reading (and Writing) (HUFFINGTON POST)
4. Chinese Chef Wins Job By Slicing Melon on Woman’s Stomach (MY FOX ORLANDO)
5. Bring back the Compass Rose (SF GATE)
6. Grad students write cookbook for food kitchens (MYPLAINVIEW)
7. Folgers, Maxwell House tinker with coffee (SF GATE)
8. Veggie confectionery could prove a winner with kids, says Mintel (CONFECTIONARY NEWS)
9. Gallery of Gross Canned Food Products (THE DAILY BEAST)
10. Crabs provide evidence oil tainting Gulf food web (AP)
11. Eat to Heal: Cilantro leaves and coriander seeds are rich in disease-fighting antioxidants (ZESTER DAILY)
12. Fine art fridges in Chicago: Decorated refrigerators are currently on display along Michigan Ave (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

A Baker’s Dozen:

1. Go ahead, play with your food (LA TIMES)
2. Wreck’s This? The Musical – VIDEO (CAKE WRECKS)
3. Soccer star David Beckham and chef Gordon Ramsay to open L.A. pub? (LA TIMES)
4. A little red berry takes on the world: Cranberry glut fuels a global push (BOSTON.COM)
5. Does high-fructose corn syrup cause cancer? (SALON)
6. Let Us Now Praise the Great Men of Junk Food (NY TIMES)
7. Meet The Seven-Year-Old Who Got Her Lemonade Stand Shut Down (GAWKER)
8. A Man With Muffin Secrets, but No Job With Them (NY TIMES)
9. Dairy Queen debuts tiny Blizzard (FAST FOOD MAVEN)
10. OpenTable’s Daily Deals Are Live – Huge Idea, Awful Execution (BUSINESS INSIDER)
11. Miss USA Rima Fakih Gets Takeout From Per Se, Splurges on Shake Shack (GRUB STREET)
12. A Dozen Eggs for $8? Michael Pollan Explains the Math of Buying Local (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
13. Asked & Answered | Kelis, Singer/Saucier (T MAGAZINE)