Mario Batali Criminal Investigation

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. 

• Mario Batali is being criminally investigated by the New York Police Department.

• How some chefs accused of sexual misconduct are still making money off their restaurants.

• What Starbucks has in store for its day of racial bias training.

• "I hate roasting chicken. There, I said it."

• More workers are filing sexual harassment suits against McDonald's.

• Subway just conducted the saddest Twitter poll in existence.

• Robert De Niro is banning the president from all of his restaurants. 

• The U.S. Postal Service is launching scratch-and-sniff stamps.

• The best part of the royal wedding? The after-party beer pong.

• America's favorite burger chain isn't Shake Shack or In-N-Out.

• Alton Brown releases a wonderfully weird music video.

• After seven seasons, ABC cancels The Chew.

• You can now get Heinz ketchup-flavored ice cream.  

• Kegged rosé is here for summer, because normal wine bottles are boring.

• A new study finds frozen produce is actually healthier than fresh. 

• IPA-flavored nut butter lets you have beer for breakfast.

• Romaine lettuce is finally safe to eat again.