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

1. How To Mince Garlic the Chef’s Way (FOOD REPUBLIC)
2. A Better Way to Caramelize Onions (Plus, French Onion Dip!) (SERIOUS EATS)
3. Tamales 101: 10 Tips from a First-Time Tamale Maker (PHOENIX NEW TIMES)
4. How to Carve a Rib Roast – VIDEO (FOOD52)
5. How to Shuck an Oyster – VIDEO (NY TIMES)
6. How to Host an Oyster Roast (CHARLESTON CITY PAPER)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Seattle Chef Christina Choi Dies From Brain Aneurysm (EATER)
2. Former Employee Sues Gordon Ramsay For $2 Million (OPPOSING VIEWS)
3. Celebrity Chef Marcus Samuelsson Eyeing Historic Lenox Lounge (DNA INFO)
4. The Angry Chef: You might be an amateur diner if… (CNN)
5. Eddie Huang Got A TV Show. Earned It. (FOOD REPUBLIC)
6. Enrique Olvera on Mexican Cuisine and Balancing the Modern With the Traditional (EATER)

Let’s go shopping…

1. Lucky’s Customers Hit By Card-Skimming Thieves (ABC NEWS)
2. Winn-Dixie Supermarket Chain Sold, To Go Private (NPR)
3. Rejected supermarket food feeds 5,000 (BBC)
4. M&S brings comfy knickers and curry back to Paris (REUTERS)
5. The Biggest Supermarket Chain In The UK Is Facing A Boycott After An Exec Called Christians ‘Evil’ (BUSINESS INSIDER)
6. SF Japantown losing 105-year-old landmark Sakai market (SF EXAMINER)

Bottoms Up!

1. Coors tops Consumer Reports’ beer test (MERCURY NEWS)
2. 2011: The Year in Irresponsible Drinking (EATER)
3. America’s Drunkest Cities of 2011, From Las Vegas to Boston – SLIDE SHOW (THE DAILY BEAST)
4. Beers in Baghdad: Remembering the World’s Most Dangerous Bar (WIRED)
5. Pairing wine with Asian food (CANADA)
6. White Castle giving sales of beer and wine a shot (COLUMBUS DISPATCH)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources:

1. Martha’s Cool Baked Alaska – VIDEO (TODAY / MSNBC)
2. Hoppin’ John Risotto with Collard Pesto (GILT TASTE)
3. Saffron Chicken with Rice (GUARDIAN)
4. Pork Tenderloin with Burnt Brown Sugar, Orange Confit and Thyme (NEWS OK)
5. Grilled Striped Bass with Fennel Salad and Grapefruit Emulsion (WINE SPECTATOR)
6. Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Rosemary and Garlic (USA TODAY
7. Cinnamon Pecan Blondies (LEITE’S CULINARIA)
8. Super Crispy Onion Rings (FOOD & WINE)
9. French toast with camembert and figs (WINNEPEG FREE PRESS)
10. Eggplant Rollatini with lump crab and five cheeses (SCNOW.COM)