Best Food Stories Of The 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
• Why people are paying $180 for this sandwich with five ounces of beef.
• Find out what happens when a city can't afford to have waiters in its restaurants.
• Michelin just released a guide for a new city.
• The bakery that invented the black-and-white cookie is closing shop after 116 years.
• The Oxford English Dictionary has added a new food word—and we still don't quite know what it means.
• Halo Top is getting sued for "dramatically" underfilling its pints.
• Want to get better at speaking another language? Start drinking more.
Around the Web
• Shark Week-themed cruises are either your dream come true or nightmare come to life.
• It's true—you can buy a private isle called Potato Island.
• When you look more like a famous Disney-Pixar character than the character himself.
This Week on TT
• An authorized Anthony Bourdain biography is happening.
• Why Sarah Sanders was kicked out of a Virginia restaurant.
• Whole Foods is now giving Amazon Prime members discounts nationwide.
• Remember Planters Cheez Balls? They're coming back after 12 years.
• Think twice before bringing home that French sea salt or Spanish paprika from vacation.
• Chrissy Teigen unveils her new cookbook.
• Deep-fried Oreos: no longer something you have to wait until the state fair for.