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

1. ‘Diner’s Dictionary: Word Origins of Food & Drink,’ 2nd edition (LA TIMES)
2. New York Public Library to archive every menu since 1840 (NY DAILY NEWS)
3. The Book That Helped Define Soul Food (CHOW)
4. The magic of couscous: Couscous is much more than just a quick-cook starch (TELEGRAPH)
5. Is “Bull Cook” the Greatest Cookbook Ever? (FIELD & STREAM)
6. The Hungry Crowd: Mario Batali Interviews Jim Harrison (FOOD & WINE)
7. How to Cook Like a Genuine Southerner (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
8. Daniel Delaney on Brisket, New York, and the Future (EATER)
9. A Fork of One’s Own: A history of culinary revolution (NEW YORKER)
10. The Lunch Rooms of Capital Hill (NEW YORK TIMES)

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

1. Walk Down the Jewish Chocolate Trail: New Book Looks at Rich and Sweet History (FORWARD)
2. Ten Questions for Food Critic Joe Warwick (PHAIDON)
3. Bridging the Generation Gap One Meal at a Time (NY TIMES)
4. Tyranny–It’s What’s for Dinner (VANITY FAIR)
5. A Meaty Discussion (SEATTLE TIMES)
6. The Economics of Food With Author Kara Newman (ZESTER DAILY)
7. Interview: Everything You Need to Know About Bruce Aidells (KQED)
8. A Semi-Earnest Guide to Dining Ironically (THE ATLANTIC WIRE)
9. Telling China’s Stories Through Food (SEATTLE TIMES)
10. Designer for the Stars of the Restaurant Galaxy (NY TIMES)
11. ‘Downton Abbey’ Reveals Cuisine of the Class System (ZESTER DAILY)
12. ‘Borsch, Vodka and Tears’: author explores Polish vodka and cuisine (OTTAWA CITIZEN)

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

1. The Last of the Non-Telegenic TV Chefs (TIME)
2. Great Cookbook Writing? There’s No App for That (ZESTER DAILY)
3. Land of the Seven Moles: Adapting to life’s changes, at the table (THE NEW YORKER)
4. How John Steinbeck Pondered the Beer Milkshake Long Before Red Robin (SF GATE)
5. Salumi, It’s Here! (RUHLMAN)
6. Photographing Literature’s Famous Food Scenes (NPR)
7. Food Journalist Talks Culinary Culture (YALE DAILY NEWS)
8. Real Italians Test Nigella Lawson’s New Italian Cookbook and Ask ‘Is She Mad?’ (EATER)
9. When I Was a New York Times Restaurant Critic (NY TIMES)
10. Diane Morgan’s new book digs in (CULINATE)
11. Norma Duffield Lyon, Butter Sculptor (special guest post) (FOOD CULTURE INDEX)
12. Sam Sifton: An “Ambassador of Deliciousness” (EPICURIOUS)

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

1. Novel Cuisine: Herman Koch’s Dutch bestseller Het Diner (GQ)
2. Association of Food Journalists Announces 2012 Winners (EATER)
3. Confessions of an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Driver (BUDGET TRAVEL)
4. Q&A: Peter Reinhart on What it Takes to Be a Successful Cookbook Author (WILL WRITE FOR FOOD / DIANE J)
5. Cookbook dating from 1570 brings $2,035 on eBay (ANTIQUE TRADER)
6. A Culinary Novel on Soviet Cuisine Reminisces about an Empire Foodways {Fragrant Recipes & Taste Notes} (MIMI FROU FROU)

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

1. In Memoriam, Nora Ephron, 1941-2012 (VANITY FAIR)
2. Sneak Peek: Bouchon Bakery Cookbook by Thomas Keller (EATER)
3. Burritos Unwrapped: The curious evolution of a borderland classic (SAVEUR)
4. Marcus Samuelsson’s Overcooked Memoir Makes His Pricey Harlem Discomfort Food Hard to Swallow (NY OBSERVER)
5. Examining the Las Vegas Food Scene (NY TIMES)
6. Struggling With Food Writing? Make a Pie (SEATTLE WEEKLY)