News Feed: November 27, 2012

Where to find the best French fries in the U.S. [Travel and Leisure]
The French respond to a proposed 160 percent beer-tax increase. [NYT]
Starbucks to open 800 new stores in China in the next three years. [WSJ]
Great cookbooks to gift this holiday season. [Ruhlman]
The less-than-innocent history of nutmeg. [NPR]... Read more >
Our Favorite Dishes of 2011
Another year gone by, another flurry of meals and plates licked clean. As all food lovers can attest, it’s not easy to single out a mere handful of dishes to top our year-end list of favorites, especially after a year that brought us plenty of promising chefs, gutsy cooking, and delicious food. With that in mind, here’s a look back at what we loved in 2011. Our tummies are already growling for next year.

Polenta with Marinara (Modernist Cuisine)
When we saw Nathan Myhrvold speak at ICE, we also got to sample dishes from his team’s kitchen laboratory. Our favorite: a bowl of homey grits that had been cooked at... Read more >
News Feed: August 11, 2011
A little about the visionaries recognized by the inaugural JBF Leadership Awards. [NYT]
Why are so many restaurant websites terrible? [Salon]
Rethinking ketchup—and making it with mushrooms, red currants, and blueberries. [NYT]
Plumpy'Nut: the penicillin for the hunger epidemic in Somalia. [Eatocracy]
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