Bottoms Up!

1. Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri Is Entering the Wine Game (NY DAILY NEWS)
2. The Grape Whisperer: How Prudy Foxx helps clients make great wines (SLATE)
3. Three Female Sommeliers on What it’s Like to Be In the Business (GUILD PODCAST)
4. Welcome to the house of booze! Building is made of 500,000 recycled BEER BOTTLES discarded from casinos in Las Vegas (DAILY MAIL)
5. Coming to a Cocktail Bar Near You: Mexican Fernet (CHOW)
6. An Authentic English Public House in America – VIDEO (COOKING UP A STORY)

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

1. Betty Friedan Did Not Kill Home Cooking (THE ATLANTIC)
2. Who invented the French fry (and who does it best)? – VIDEO (TODAY)
3. In Kansas City, A Butcher Shop Teaches the Butcher’s Art (NY TIMES)
4. The Mystery of Curry (SLATE)
5. Ukrainian Comfort Dish Chicken Kiev Claims French Parentage (NPR)
6. It’s OK To Eat Quinoa: Don’t buy the media’s hand-wringing about Bolivians who can’t afford quinoa. The real effects of Western demand are complicated (SLATE)
7. Where Word Soup Comes From (BON APPETIT)
8. Mexican Mole: Many Flavors & Many Mothers (NPR)
9. The Impossibility of Historical Flavour (EDIBLE GEOGRAPHY)
10. The Only 7 Things You Need to Know About Oysters (BUZZFEED)
11. On ‘Downton Abbey,’ aspic matters (WASHINGTON POST)
12. The Curious Case of Key Lime Pie: We travel to Key West to uncover the original recipe and the story behind the island’s legendary dessert (EPICURIOUS)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources:

1. Warm Orange & Pistachio Bittersweet Chocolate Cakes ‘In A Jar’ With Orange Cream (SEATTLE TIMES)
2. Chicken Cordon Bleu Roll Ups (CINNAMON, SPICE & EVERYTHING NICE)
3. Brisket with Onion & Chile Jam (FOOD & WINE)
4. Rick Bayless’ Smoky Braised Mexican Pumpkin with Seared White Onion (Calabaza Guisada al Chipotle) (ACCESS HOLLYWOOD)
5. Nigel Slater’s Bacon Beans (GUARDIAN)
6. Pot Roast Studded with Almonds & Bacon (COOKSTR)
7. Quick Orange Lentil Soup (LA TIMES)
8. Israeli Couscous with Cauliflower, Lemon & Garlic (WASHINGTON POST)
9. Loaded Sweet Potatoes with Kale & Roasted Garlic (THE STAR PHOENIX)
10. Pea Falafel with Hummus & Flatbread (GOURMET TRAVELLER)

All cheese, all the time…

1. Carlos Yescas on the Myths About Mexican Cheese (THE MIJA CHRONICLES)
2. German blue cheese takes top prize (NY DAILY NEWS)
3. “Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and Its Place in Western Civilization” by Paul S. Kindstedt – AUDIO (KDHX)
4. Rogue cheese rolling race held in Gloucestershire (TELEGRAPH)
5. Cheese Makers Face Ruin After Italian Quake (RADIO NZ)
6. ‘Angels of Parmesan’ called into earthquake-ravaged region of Italy to rescue cheese (NY DAILY NEWS)

Delicious new recipes from Internet resources…

1. Lemon-Pepper Salmon Cakes (SEATTLE TIMES)
2. Grilled Garlic & Orange Guacamole (RICK BAYLESS)
3. Korean Fried Chicken (SAVEUR)
4. Dijon-Braised Brussels Sprouts (SMITTEN KITCHEN)
5. Two Minute Calamari Sicilian Lifeguard Style (BABBO)
6. Mexican Grilled Corn with Crema, Cheese & Chile (YUM SUGAR)
7. Lemony Pistachio Shortbread (HONEST COOKING)
8. Cafe Pasqual’s Grilled Chipotle Shrimp Tostadas & Green Chile and Pork Stew (FIND.EAT.DRINK)
9. Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)
10. Bacon Braised Chicken (ZESTER DAILY)