Best Stories Of The Week: Starbucks
Plus, everything else you missed this week
We get it, you're busy. We're swamped, too—busy combing the Internet to keep you in the loop amid this fast-moving world, that is. Head into the weekend with these articles, food-related deep dives and Tasting Table reads stored away as dinner party conversation fodder.
All About Food
• Starbucks is closing more than 8,000 stores for racial-bias training.
• The ice cream shop that has Israelis sneaking into Palestine.
• The owner of Salt Bae's restaurant is $2.5 billion in debt.
• According to this new list, Chicago is home to the world's best restaurant.
• A UK supermarket has special packaging for millennials who are afraid to touch raw meat.
• But do you truly enjoy Sriracha?
• This once-shunned ingredient is making a big comeback.
Around the Web
• New York's homeless shelter-based Girl Scout troop sells 17,000 boxes of cookies in one week.
• Another celebrity is hopping on the tequila bandwagon.
• Martha Stewart will be the newest judge on Chopped.
This Week on TT
• Pixar is coming out with a new food-focused short film.
• Pope Francis declares Pappy Van Winkle a "very good bourbon."
• Wawa announces plans for its largest store ever.
• A new survey finds millennials are the worst generation of cooks.
• Street food is finally legal in Los Angeles.
• Bottled Mayochup is officially coming to the U.S.
• Dolce & Gabbana now makes the refrigerator (and oven) of your dreams.