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)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Mimi Sheraton Recalls André Soltner Working the Floor (EATER)
2. I’ll grill you in court: Ramsay sued by father-in-law’s mistress over ‘secret filming’ through bedroom window (DAILY MAIL)
3. Chef widows: my life as a side dish (GUARDIAN)
4. Hail to the chef: New York restaurants celebrate Julia Child’s 100th birthday (NY DAILY NEWS)
5. Pati Jinich flexes her muscles for season two of ‘Pati’s Mexican Table’ (WASHINGTON POST)
6. What Happens When A Chef Puts His E-Mail Address On A Menu? (FOOD REPUBLIC)

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

1. Yum or yuck? New Candy Corn Oreos (CNN)
2. Food Inc’s Carole Morison is Free as a Bird (FIX FOOD)
3. Yotam Ottolenghi introduces his new recipe book, Jerusalem (GUARDIAN)
4. Watch the Second, Bloody Trailer For Next’s Kyoto Menu (EATER)
5. Anthony Bourdain Reads From Snooki’s New Book (YOUTUBE)
6. Jewish Daily Forward: Gefilteria Makes Small-Batch, Sustainable Gefilte Fish (SERIOUS EATS)

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

1. London’s Borough Market (SERIOUS EATS)
2. Flamenco & Feasting (THE AGE)
3. Chef Tempts Tourists Back to Tijuana by Focusing on the Food - AUDIO (NPR)
4. Los Angeles: Global BBQ (DISCOVER LOS ANGELES)
5. San Francisco’s Secret Menu Items (EATER)
6. International Dining Etiquette Rules (BUDGET TRAVEL)
7. Map of Paris Bakeries (PARIS BY MOUTH)
8. Lost, Then Found: New York Food Classics (NY TIMES)
9. Food Trails: Food Vacations (CONDE NAST TRAVELER)
10. A Cook’s Tour of Barcelona (TORONTO SUN)

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

1. Where to Eat in 2012 (FIND. EAT. DRINK.)
2. Car Dealerships Become Non-Traditional Restaurant Sites (NRN)
3. Chicken ‘n Beer Owned by Ludacris will Open in Atlanta Airport (FIT PEREZ)
4. Chicago restaurants stop taking cell phone orders (CNET)
5. Charlie Trotter’s Said to Be Closing in Chicago (NY TIMES)
6. IHOP Launches an Entire Menu Based Around Hash Browns (FOOD BEAST)