A roundup of new products:

1. Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking (AMAZON)
2. Reisenthel EasyBag (THE KITCHN)
3. Belgium to Introduce Postage Stamps That Taste Like Chocolate (MASHABLE)
4. Lay’s Chicken & Waffles, Cheesy Garlic Bread And Sriracha Battle To Be America’s Next Potato Chip Flavor (IB TIMES)
5. How about Some Soda with Your Cereal? Mountain Dew Rolls Out Juice-Like Breakfast Drink (TIME)
6. No Flame, No Problem: Meet the Electric Fondue Pot (AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN)
7. Oprah Stirred By New T-Fal Cooking Machine (ABC NEWS)
8. World’s first edible spray paint transforms a plain meal into a feast of colour (DAILY MAIL)
9. Hoffy® Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs (SQUARE BRANDS)
10. AriZona Beverages Rolls Out New Chocolate Fudge Drink (FOOD PROCESSING)

On the menu…

1. American Heart: Owner of Multi-Million Dollar Food Company Hands Over Business to Employees (ABC NEWS)
2. Opening eBay bid for a Twinkie? $8,000 (CNET)
3. Ding Dongs and Twinkies no more? Have no fear. Food bloggers to the rescue (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)
4. Burger King Japan Is Going To Offer An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet (BUSINESS INSIDER)
5. In Deal With Wiley, Houghton Acquires Cookbooks and CliffsNotes (MEDIA DECODER)
6. Extraordinary ancient cookbook auction in Périgueux (COOKBOOK FAIR)

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

1. Michael Mina Takes Cooking Instruction to the Next Level (COOK TASTE EAT)
2. How to Scrape Vanilla Beans (KITCHEN DAILY)
3. How to Make Chinese Tamales (KQED)
4. How to Reheat Meat without Overcooking (CHOW)
5. How to Throw a Pizza Party (SLICE)
6. Cooking the Perfect Steak - VIDEO (HOW 2 HEROES)

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

1. Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything”– Cookbook Samples (WILEY PUB)
2. Risk a brisket on the grill this summer (CNN)
3. How to Pick the Perfect Steak – VIDEO (FOOD PARADISE)
4. How to Cut Pineapple (THE DAILY MEAL)
5. Kitchen Tips: Perfect Biscuits (LA TIMES)
6. One Simple Trick: French Toast with Challah & Orange (SLATE)

On the menu…

1. Disneyland Paris is Building a Ratatouille Ride (EATER)
2. How McDonald’s Came Back Bigger Than Ever (NY TIMES)
3. McDonald’s Ranks Last in Customer Satisfaction (YAHOO!)
4. 100-Million Doritos Locos Tacos By the Numbers (THE ATLANTIC)
5. Anthony Bourdain & Nigella Lawson Hired by ABC for Cooking Competition Show (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
6. Starbucks & Coinstar Join to Sell Seattles Best Coffee in Vending Machines (EATER)
7. Warren Buffett Charity Lunch eBay Auction Reaps Record 3.46 Million (BUSINESS WEEK)
8. A bite at a time, Aasif Mandvi earning foodie cred (GOOGLE)
9. Don’t Censor the School Lunch Blog (SALON)
10. Times-Picayune reverses itself on restaurant critic (WASHINGTON POST
11. The Future of Cookbooks: They’ll Go Extinct & That’s OK (SLATE)
12. The Choices We Make and the Future of Cookbooks (SF GATE)