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)

Video clips featuring culinary subject matter: your favorite chefs, the latest restaurant openings, food product releases and more!

1. The World’s Funkiest Wendy’s Training Video (BON APPETIT)
2. This Japanese Milk Ad Will Creep You Out (AD WEEK)
3. Skillet-Barbecued Pork Chops (AMERICAS TEST KITCHEN)
4. The Sexiest Vietnamese Coffee on Video (CHOW)
5. Chipotle debuts short film on sustainable farming (NRN)
6. Ree Drummond’s Creamy Bacon Cheese Grits (ABC NEWS)

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

1. How to Perfectly Poach Eggs (EATOCRACY)
2. How to Make Japanese Thin Omelettes (ALASKA DISPATCH)
3. Baking Cakes: How To Make A Financier – VIDEO ( YOU TUBE)
4. How to Make the Perfect French Fry (CNN)
5. How to Make Lobster Steak (FOOD REPUBLIC)
6. 5 Easy Steps to Better Flavored Vodka (or Gin, or Tequila) (BON APPETIT)

Bottoms Up!

1. Glass shortages, interstate deja vu and more from Tales of the Cocktail (NOLA)
2. Why Japanese bartenders are the world’s best: Style, sophistication and the lab tech’s knack for chemistry put the shabby barkeeps in your country to shame (CNN GO)
3. How to Read a Wine Label (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
4. Gloria Ferrer marks 25th anniversary at annual Catalan Festival (PRESS DEMOCRAT)
5. Russia classifies beer as alcoholic (BBC)
6. Ten Ways to Open a Bottle of Wine Without a Corkscrew (THE DAILY MEAL)

Video clips featuring culinary subject matter: your favorite chefs, the latest restaurant openings, food product releases and more!

1. Watch the Trailer For Ewan McGregor’s Chef Sci-Fi Film (EATER)
2. Memorial Day Elotes & Esquites Recipe (VENDR TV)
3. Japanese scientist creates ‘poop burger’? (CNET)
4. Alice Waters on Veg “Aliveness,” Yelling and Screaming (EATER)
5. Largest Matzo: Manischewitz sets world record (WORLD RECORDS ACADEMY)
6. New Deep-Fried Kool-Aid Balls Captivate, Disturb America (EATER)