On tonight’s menu…

1. Carl’s Jr. Pop Tart Ice Cream Sandwich: Did you just do a double-take? (LA TIMES)
2. Chick-fil-A Offers Behind-The-Counter Tours in Transparency Push (AD AGE)
3. In True Boston Form, Dunkin’ Donuts Stays Open During Lockdown (FOOD BEAST)
4. Why does America regulate the trade in raisins? (ECONOMIST)
5. Superbugs Invade America’s Supermarket Meat (EWG)
6. Man Detained By TSA Agents For Trying To Bring Sandwich Called “The Bomb” On Plane (OPPOSING VIEWS)

On tonight’s menu…

1. Customers’ Behaviour Changing Sushi Culture in Japan (ROCKET NEWS 24)
2. Architecture + Hamburgers: Take A Look At This Deluxe Georgian McDonald’s (ARCHITIZER)
3. McDonald’s demands a bachelor’s degree and two years’ experience – just to be a cashier (DAILY MAIL)
4. Oyster Farm Caught Up in Pipeline Politics (NY TIMES)
5. Are Tea Bags Turning Us Into Plastic? (THE ATLANTIC)
6. Pranksters Hijack Strangers’ Food for Instagram (MASHABLE)

On tonight’s menu:

1. Target Gobbles Up Two Online Cooking Retailers (FOX BUSINESS)
2. Fire Breaks Out at Chez Panisse (NY TIMES)
3. Does Obama Have a Food Taster? (DAILY MAIL)
4. World’s Best Restaurant Blamed for Diner’s Illnesses (NPR)
5. Whole Foods Plans to Open Health Resort (USA TODAY)
6. Shanghai’s Dead Pigs — Search for Answers Turns Up Denials (NPR)
7. College Freshman Dies After Eating Cookie Made with Peanut Oil (DAILY MAIL)
8. Why People Don’t Like Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Cookbook (TIME)
9. Breaking Bad Fans Flock to Albuquerque Restaurant (TODAY)
10. China Accuses Coca-Cola Of Misusing GPS Equipment (NPR)

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)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Chefs to pay tribute to New Orleans’ queen of Creole cuisine (THE STAR PHOENIX)
2. Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Cuisine Plus The First Wine From Inglenook In 50 Years Equals A Foodie Paradise (FORBES)
3. Legendary Chef Morimoto Shares His Four Laws For Eating Sushi (BUSINESS INSIDER)
4. Gordon Ramsay Is Mad That People Are Mad at Him (EATER)
5. Exclusive extract: Where chefs eat (FINANCIAL TIMES)
6. The Death of Star Chef Bernard Loiseau (CBS NEWS)