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

1. Here’s the Cover For Lucky Peach #4: American Food (EATER)
2. When The Queso Dripped Like Honey (GILT TASTE)
3. Traci des Jardins on Her Two Cookbook Collections: The Antique & the Modern (EATER)
4. The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebees, Farm Fields & the Dinner Table (WASHINGTON POST)
5. Making Tortillas with the Garlic Cutters (GILT TASTE)
6. A New Era of Delicacies (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
7. I Was a Cookbook Ghostwriter (NEW YORK TIMES)
8. Frank Talk: Pairing Wine with Hot Dogs (CNN)
9. John T. Edge on His New Cookbook and Rediscovering American Cuisine (EATER)
10. My Life In Food: Wolfgang Puck (INDEPENDENT)
11. KFC Releases Free Col. Sanders Autobiography/Cookbook on Facebook (NEWS TRACK INDIA)
12. A Hands-On Approach to Summer Eating  (WALL STREET JOURNAL)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Best New Chefs 2011 – SLIDE SHOW (FOOD & WINE)
2. Chef Grant Achatz to publish e-book of recipes from Paris 1906 (INDEPENDENT)
3. Interview: two Michelin-starred chef, Nacho Manzano (TELEGRAPH)
4. Chef José Andrés shares recipes for his favorite classic American dishes – VIDEO (MSNBC)
5. Crab picking with Chef John Shields – VIDEO (WASHINGTON POST)
6. Foie Gras, Hooters Girls, and ‘Foodies’ in America: Chef Ludo Lefebvre & Wife Krissy On Their New Show “Ludo Bites America” (LAIST)
7. Traci Des Jardins Expands Beyond $110 Tasting Menus to $4 Tacos (BLOOMBERG)
8. UK supermarket ends deal with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver (REUTERS)
9. After 11 years, Oliver’s deal with Sainsbury’s is past its sell-by date (INDEPENDENT)
10. World Chefs: Sauces are key to Mexican cuisine (REUTERS)

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

1. Chef Traci Des Jardins’ 5 Tips For Mastering The Restaurant Business (FAST COMPANY)
2. Gordon Ramsay aghast at ‘Lady Victoria’s’ treatment at Gjelina (LA TIMES BLOGS)
3. Gordon Ramsay’s Annual Revenue Declines, Diners Stay Away From Claridge’s (BLOOMBERG)
4. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay named best in London (BIG HOSPITALITY)
5. Three kinds of common and outrageous restaurant scams (SF GATE)
6. America’s Next Great Restaurant Winner Soul Daddy Shuts Down Two Locations (TV GUIDE)

The Chef Recommends…

1. Thomas Keller Dubbed “Chevalier” of The French Legion of Honor (EATER)
2. Chef so scared of working with Gordon Ramsay he stabs himself in the hand (DAILY RECORD)
3. Gordon Ramsay Hygiene Blunder (DAILY STAR)
4. Vancouver’s farcical loss of star chef Daniel Boulud (GLOBE & MAIL)
5. Traci Des Jardins to host the James Beard Awards with Tom Colicchio and Ming Tsai (SF GATE)
6. Chef explains why ‘cooking matters’ – VIDEO (ABC 7 NEWS)