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

1. A Fresh Cup of Joe (VANITY FAIR)
2. A Family Tied Together By Apron Strings (GILT TASTE)
3. When He Dined, the Stars Came Out (NY TIMES)
4. Cookbook Review: At the Kitchen Table (ZESTER DAILY)
5. Anthony Bourdain’s novel ‘Bone in the Throat’ to be made into a film (NY DAILY NEWS)
6. The New Generation of British Foodies (GUARDIAN)

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

1. Let’s can the food drive (LA TIMES)
2. National Turkey Day (GASTRONOMICA)
3. The unknown history of the red velvet cake (GILT TASTE)
4. How the Potato Changed the World (SMITHSONIAN MAG)
5. Cheese helped Romans win war while bacon defeated Nazis (DNA INDIA)
6. José Andrés teaches history with food (NRN)
7. Ancestors began cooking 1.9 million years ago (MSNBC)
8. The truth about Mexican food (EATOCRACY)
9. Foodstory Brings Japanese Culinary History to Life for American Foodies (PR NEWSWIRE)
10. Grenades & Gravy: Cooking in the Korean War (EATOCRACY)

DO YOU PLAN your vacations around food? If so, you’re a culinary tourist — and these links are for you!

1. Chocolate, wine and cheese – a gourmet dream walk through downtown Napa (WASHINGTON TIMES)
2. An Open Invitation to Eat in Copenhagen (NY TIMES)
3. A Local Chef & Sommelier’s Guide to Amsterdam (FIND.EAT.DRINK.)
4. Cruise ships woo foodies with celebrity chefs (USA TODAY)
5. Lima, Peru voted Top Food & Drink Destination (PERU THIS WEEK)
6. Mission Chinese Food Chef Danny Bowien’s Chinatown Food Picks (EATER)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Best New Chefs 2011 – SLIDE SHOW (FOOD & WINE)
2. Chef Grant Achatz to publish e-book of recipes from Paris 1906 (INDEPENDENT)
3. Interview: two Michelin-starred chef, Nacho Manzano (TELEGRAPH)
4. Chef José Andrés shares recipes for his favorite classic American dishes – VIDEO (MSNBC)
5. Crab picking with Chef John Shields – VIDEO (WASHINGTON POST)
6. Foie Gras, Hooters Girls, and ‘Foodies’ in America: Chef Ludo Lefebvre & Wife Krissy On Their New Show “Ludo Bites America” (LAIST)
7. Traci Des Jardins Expands Beyond $110 Tasting Menus to $4 Tacos (BLOOMBERG)
8. UK supermarket ends deal with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver (REUTERS)
9. After 11 years, Oliver’s deal with Sainsbury’s is past its sell-by date (INDEPENDENT)
10. World Chefs: Sauces are key to Mexican cuisine (REUTERS)

A roundup of new products:

1. Rick Bayless unveils a granola collaboration with Milk & Honey (TIME OUT CHICAGO)
2. Flavour Gallery: Fashion Label For Foodies (HONEST COOKING)
3. Sticky Fingers: Transform drinks–and more–with Jo Snow Syrups (TASTING TABLE)
4. Dark Chocolate Mallo Cups (BOYER CANDIES)
5. MYdrap: Cotton Table Linens on a Roll (DAILY GROMMET)