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

1. Ice Cream, Sherbet, and Sorbet: Do YOU Know the Difference? (BON APPETIT)
2. Secretary of State Transforms the Diplomatic Menu (NY TIMES)
3. Coke isn’t it: It’s the choice of the Olympics, but there are more soft drinks in the world than Coca-Cola (GUARDIAN)
4. Why Soup Kitchens Serve So Much Venison (THE ATLANTIC)
5. How George Carlin Changed Recipe Writing (FOOD 52)
6. America’s Food Factories: Why making a Chipotle burrito or a McDonald’s Big Mac should be considered manufacturing (SLATE)
7. Yum Or Yuck? A Chinese Reflection On Global Cuisine, Culture And Crabs (WORLD CRUNCH)
8. Love To Hate Cilantro? It’s In Your Genes And Maybe, In Your Head (NPR)
9. Considerations on the sin of gluttony (CLATL)
10. The History of Pie & Mash (PIE AND MASH)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources:

1. Grilled Cucumber, Onion & Tomato Salad - VIDEO (COOK TASTEE)
2. Salted Caramel Cheesecake Brownie Bars (CULINARY.NET)
3. Hot Dogs with Cheddar & Sauteed Apples (KITCHEN DAILY)
4. Shrimp Boil on a Stick (BETTER HOMES & GARDENS)
5. Grilled Herbed Baby Lamb Chops (FOOD & WINE)
6. Taglioline al Limone (LA TIMES)
7. Oatmeal Rhubarb Bars (ESCOFFIER)
8. Blue Cheese Stuffed Potatoes – VIDEO (HOW 2 HEROES)
9. Cherry and Brie Burgers with Rosemary and Grilled Onion (SUNSET)
10. Chocolate Orange Mousse (DAILY MAIL)

On the menu…

1. Where’s Elvis Presley’s daughter? Selling fish and chips in rural English village (NY DAILY NEWS)
2. Can the McRib Save Christmas? McDonald’s Delays Cult Favorite to Boost December Comps (AD AGE)
3. The Origin of Fat Albert: How Bill Cosby Did Obesity Right (THE ATLANTIC)
4. German officials count 8,400 kids affected by food-borne illness (CTV NEWS)
5. US, Mexico in food fight over tomatoes: How messy will it get? (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)
6. Zagat: Best fast food 2012 (FOX NEWS)

res·tau·rant [res-ter-uhnt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt] – noun an establishment where meals are served to customers…

1. World’s Most Scathing Review? Lady Gaga’s Family Restaurant Is Called ‘Worse Than Herpes!’ (RADAR ONLINE)
2. Ten Restaurants That Started a Food Movement (BUDGET TRAVEL)
3. Softer restaurant music, lighting can help cut calories (FOX NEWS)
4. It’s Been Awhile, Hasn’t It? Restaurant Review: Le Cirque in Midtown Manhattan (NY TIMES)
5. When Picking Up the Tab is a Dick Move (CHOW)
6. NYC Restaurant Serves $350 Steak (ABC NEWS)
7. Le Meurice Celebrates its “3×5 Anniversary” (ELITE TRAVELER)
8. Groupon buys restaurant reservation company Savored(REUTERS)
9. Forget Letter Grades: Here Come Health Report QR Codes (GRUB STREET)
10. Batali’s Del Posto restaurant in NY settles with workers for $1.15 million, adds vacation days (WASHINGTON POST)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Anthony Scanio named chef de cuisine at Emeril’s Delmonico (NOLA)
2. Martha Stewart & Emeril Lagasse Sued Over Faulty Knives (PEREZ HILTON)
3. The Table for One Interview: Marcus Samuelsson (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
4. Jeremiah Tower Bringing Epic Food Hall to New Rochelle, New York (EATER)
5. MasterChef Graham Elliot Lawsuit Settled (TMZ)
6. Chefs Wolfgang Puck, Masaharu Morimoto talk airport food – VIDEO (LA TIMES)