Cherries, often overlooked stone fruits go from snack food to trendy kitchen ingredient in sauces, salads and cocktails. New York Times >
Forget those rare cinnamon flavored toothpicks meant to act as breath fresheners - artisan flavored toothpicks are intending for savoring foodie-approved flavor combinations such as 'marshmallow & smoke' and 'pickle & mustard'. Foodbeast >
Move over cronut - the churro ice cream sandwich is summer's answer to the winter pastry craze. Chow >
How do you convert the toast breakfast craze into a dinner entree? Throw a softshell crab on top of it and let the bread soak up the juices. New York Times >
Everyone loves a mason jar these days... and anything you can serve in one. We hope to see more layered banana puddings served this way all summer long. Arkansas Times >
'Chopped' star Marc Murphy to host Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s annual Food & Wine Festival this September with the theme 'BBQ, Brews & Blues' timesunion.com >