Bottoms Up!

1. The Difference Between Whisky & Whiskey (YUM SUGAR)
2. Corkheads: ‘Booze Island’ (MERCURY NEWS)
3. How to Make Caramel Apple Shots (FOOD REPUBLIC)
4. We’ll always have 2009 (FINANCIAL TIMES)
5. ‘Beef, booze and broads’ in Las Vegas (USA TODAY)
6. Great-grandma can’t prove age, refused booze (TORONTO SUN)

Learn more about the food you eat with these tasty links…

1. The BP Oil Spill and the Bounty of Plaquemines Parish (GASTRONOMICA)
2. Throwback Cuisine (HARVARD MAGAZINE)
3. Foodways of the Dutch Golden Age (ALBANY INSTITUTE)
4. The unpalatable appetites of Kim Jong-il (TELEGRAPH)
5. Bug Me: San Francisco Helps Pioneer Insect Cuisine (SF WEEKLY)
6. Research – Foodways Research: A Taste of Maine (THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)

All cheese, all the time…

1. How to make ricotta cheese (MOTHER NATURE NETWORK)
2. Good Cheeses Come in Small Packages (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
3. Cheese Is the Most Stolen Food on Earth (TIME)
4. Good Cheeses Come in Small Packages: Smooth or wrinkly, citrusy or lush, there’s a lot of deliciousness in pint-size fromage (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
5. Recipe: Parisian Ham-and-Cheese Sandwich (Croque Monsieur) (MIAMI HERALD)
6. Sikhs rescue Italy’s Parmesan cheese (AFP)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources:

1. Eggplant Pomegranate Relish (SAVEUR)
2. Chile-Garlic Fried Chicken (TASTING TABLE)
3. Green Beans and Walnuts with Lemon Vinaigrette (BON APPETIT)
4. Banh Xeo (Sizzling Crepes) (NPR)
5. Chocolate Better-Than-Sex Cake (SEATTLE TIMES)
6. Florida Citrus Mojo Pork Cubano (FLORIDA JUICE)
7. Lemony Tuna Noodle Casserole (MY RECIPES)
8. Traybake chicken with za’atar, cinnamon and pine nuts (DAILY MAIL)
9. Wine-Simmered Collard Greens (SAVEUR)
10. Striped Bass Poached in Olive Oil (THE GARUM FACTORY)

Guilty Pleasures…

1. Georgia Man Firebombs Taco Bell Over Chalupa Portion Size (FOX NEWS)
2. Man Arrested After Handing Taco to Cop, Instead of I.D. (FOOD BEAST)
3. Exeter burglar caught by Minstrels chocolate ‘trail’ (BBC)
4. Spanish police capture ‘gastro gang’ targeting world’s top restaurants (GUARDIAN)
5. More than 100 arrested in operation garlic press gang sweep (LA TIMES)
6. Chinese man guilty of stealing Cargill secret new food (BIZ JOURNALS)
7. Cheese Is Most Stolen Food Item, Says Report (SKY NEWS)
8. Russian chef ‘murdered father-in-law, ground up meat and served him as pies to customers in popular cafe near Kremlin’ (DAILY MAIL)
9. Customer Steals $1,500 Pepper Grinder From Le Cirque (EATER)
10. Fizzy Soft Drinks Linked To Teen Violence (FIT PEREZ)