Food Reads: Grilling Gear + Finger Foods

Here are 50 finger-food recipes that you need at your Fourth of July cookout. [Bon Appétit]

Grilling geeks need to see this list of the best high-tech barbecue gear. [Serious Eats]

Did you really think Twinkies could survive a nuclear war? Here are seven of the most popular food myths, debunked. [Food & Wine]

The natural food movement has had devastating effects on the vanilla industry: a single bag of beans costs ten times what it did just five years ago. [Saveur]

Listen up sushi enthusiasts: freezing fish actually protects against parasites, which is why most restaurants opt for frozen salmon at their raw bars. [Huffington Post]

Discover the incredible story of a man who escaped the Taliban and now finds refuge in his Afghan-inspired deli. [Munchies]

This Cleveland restaurant teaches cooking skills to the recently incarcerated, and their program could change restaurant hiring practices. [Eater]

Food & Wine magazine is following other Time, Inc. publications and moving down south. [NY Times]

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Halley Crane is the media department intern at the James Beard Foundation. Follow her on Instagram.