This sounds good…

1. Michael Pollan Gets Elemental in Cooked (NPR)
2. Cook It Raw’s Alessandro Porcelli (JAMES BEARD ORG)
3. Chef’s Story, Episode 41 – Daniel Boulud (HERITAGE RADIO NETWORK)
4. Mark Bittman Takes a Quiz About Batman (NPR)
5. International gastronomist Andrea Petrini (JAMES BEARD ORG)
6. Rat ‘Mutton’ And Bird Flu: Strange Days For Meat Eaters In Shanghai (NPR)

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. KFC ordered to pay $8.3 million to Australian girl (YAHOO!)
2. ‘The Avengers’: Shawarma Sales SKYROCKET In Los Angeles (TMZ)
3. Cook’s sage advice (NY POST)
4. Pet food recalled after salmonella outbreak (YAHOO!)
5. Cake in the shape of a phone? We’ve got an app-etite for that (DAILY MAIL)
6. Mark Bittman on Mexican Food (THE MIJA CHRONICLES)

Lobster lusciousness:

1. At 98, once-illiterate lobsterman is an author (SEATTLE TIMES)
2. Phil tells a lobster tale with a jazzy tune – VIDEO (UP NORTH LIVE)
3. Chinese cornering lobster market (ANTIQUA OBSERVER)
4. Live Lobster sued for more than $3.5 million (BANGOR DAILY NEWS)
5. Mark Bittman’s Bohemian Lobster Recipe (NY TIMES)
6. Calico lobster escapes fate as dinner (BOSTON.COM)

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

1. Top chefs’ bookshelves: Heston Blumenthal, Daniel Boulud, Sat Bains and Simon Rogan reveal the books they couldn’t be without by Rosie Birkett (GUARDIAN)
2. Books for Cooks: Cheffoirs, food trucks, kosher folkways, and more by Mike Sula (CHICAGO READER)
3. Poem of the week: Bread by Penelope Shuttle (GUARDIAN)
4. How cooking gave me purpose by Mark Bittman (SALON)
5. Jonathan Gold: Food section ‘almost like a newspaper within a newspaper’ by Dawn Fallik (POYNTER)
6. 5@5 Interview – Josh Ozersky by Eatocracy Editors (CNN)