Food Pages
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Cover Story: Devra First delves into the correlation between eating under the (cannabis) influence and restaurant menu developments.
What She’s Having: Kara Baskin visits The Cheese Shop in Concord, MA, which also offers sandwiches, salads and more from its deli section.
Alexandra Hall spotlights Congdon’s Donuts’ After Dark Food Truck Park in Wells, Maine.
Insider: Ann Trieger Kurland highlights Quinn Pretzels (a snack you can feel good about) along with Lazy Bear Tea (made with leftover coffee cherries).
The Confident Cook: Sally Pasley Vargas provides recipes for biscuits and strawberries and cream, enough to create strawberry shortcakes for a crowd.
Getting Salty: Kara Baskin chats with Nick Calias, executive chef and food and beverage director at Brasserie Jo and the Colonnade Hotel.
Sips: Liza Weisstuch provides the recipe for Swizzle Me Timbers, a cocktail from The Hourly.
Liza Weisstuch gives a look inside this year’s Fancy Food Show, where it’s clear the trend toward healthier foods isn’t going anywhere.
Seasonal Recipes: Cabbage and cucumber coleslaw with dill (Sheryl Julian); Spinach and herb you yogurt dip (Liza Zwirn).
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Cover Story: Tejal Rao spotlights King in SoHo, an ambitious restaurant that has two new menus daily – one for lunch and one for dinner.
The Pour: Eric Asimov writes that studies keep drawing the conclusion that cheap wine is as good as expensive wine, attacking experts and their vast knowledge.
City Kitchen: Davis Tanis recommends making Grilled Sea Scallops with Corn and Pepper Salsa.
A Good Appetite: When you find a perfect avocado, Melissa Clark suggests making it the star of the show with an Avocado Salad with Herbs and Capers.
Front Burner with Florence Fabricant: Llamita, a fast-casual spinoff of the Peruvian restaurant Llama Inn; Smoked Steak from Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue; The Border Grill chefs and restaurateurs have received the Julia Child Award from the nonprofit; Food Business Pathways’s upcoming event City Flavors on July 23rd; Gin and Tonic Tea from Flamboyant & Co.
Raphael Minder highlights the video project by Spain’s National Library, which helps explain the context in which gastronomy developed in the country.
Restaurant Review: Pete Wells dines at Una Pizza Napoletana on the Lower East Side and while he enjoys the pizza, he finds that the restaurant offerings do not meld well with each other. Wells awards the restaurant one star.
Yotam Ottolenghi recommends letting the ingredients shine with the following recipes: Crispy Zucchini Blossoms stuffed with Goat Cheese and Braised Eggs with Zucchini, Feta and Lemon.
Off the Menu: Manhatta – the latest venue from Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group – headlines Florence Fabricant’s weekly Roundup. Another opening includes Bellini.
BOSTON HERALD
Mary Ann Esposito recommends adding zucchini meatballs to your squash arsenal.
Scott Kearnan spotlights the drag Sunday brunch buffets that can be found throughout the city.
SF CHRONICLE
The acclaimed Sebastopol maker of Pinot Noir, Kosta Browne, has been purchased by Duckhorn Wine Co. of St. Helena.
Almost every Sunday afternoon, Junko Schwesig throws a hidden dessert pop-up, Oyatsuya, at an off-duty sushi bar in the Mission.
Signorello Estate has unveiled a temporary tasting room, eight months after the Atlas Peak Fires.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar has closed his Mill Valley restaurant El Paseo, but plans to revisit the restaurant in October.
Michelin-starred chef Melissa Perello is opening a new unnamed restaurant in downtown Los Angeles.
After 32 years, restaurant critic Michael Bauer is retiring from The Chronicle, with his final review running in the Food + Home section later this summer.
Oprah Winfrey is investing in celebrity doctor Andrew Wei’s restaurant chain, True Food Kitchen and will also take a seat on True Food Kitchen’s board.
Former head chef at San Francisco’s Tosca Cafe Josh Even is designing the kitchen of Tofino Wines snack menu.
Manresa in Los Gatos suffered fire damage Monday night.
City Beer’s Beth and Craig Wathen are opening a new cavernous beer library on Mission Street sometime in August.
The San Francisco Chronicle launched a nationwide search for the next restaurant critic, following Michael Bauer’s retirement.
LA TIMES
Co-founder of Inglewood’s Three Weavers Alexandra Nowell reflects on plans for expansion and the beer industry as a whole.
The Obamas’ former White House chef Sam Kass debuts his new cookbook, “Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World.”
Jenn Harris rounds up what’s happening in the food and drink world:
Border Grill chef-owners Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger are the first women and first duo to win the Julia Child Award.
The Artisanal Brewers Collective has opened a new brewpub in Hancock Park called 6th & La Brea.
Melissa Perello, chef and co-owner of Frances and Octavia restaurants in San Francisco, plans to open a restaurant in Los Angeles in spring 2019.
Feniger and Milliken have opened BBQ Mexicana in Las Vegas, a quick-service restaurant specializing in house-smoked meats in burritos, bowls and salads.
BrunchCon, a festival celebrating all things brunch, is scheduled for August 5th at the Reef in Downtown LA.