Food Pages

Cover Story: Tejal Rao highlights Atelier Melissa Coppel, a small school in Las Vegas that specializes in precise chocolate-making techniques, big flavors and colorful, intricate design.

Priya Krishna writes that the word “organic” does not mean much in restaurants, as they are not required to undergo the same rigorous certifying process as farms and food companies.

A Good Appetite: Melissa Clark shares a recipe for Corn-Seafood Stew with Avocado and Chiles.

City Kitchen: David Tanis recommends making a center-cut lamb leg steak this summer, sharing a recipe with olive relish and tomatoes.

Front Burner with Florence Fabricant: Shake & Bake’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” Shakespeare comedy with eight-course feast; fine wines and ciders in cans; nEAT cutting boards by craftsman Josh Manahan; Cash Only BBQ in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Jewish Food Society chef-in-residenceSasha Shor’s reflection of picnics after emigrating from Russia to Nashville; “A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War and Enlightenment.”

Colu Henry shares a recipe for a weeknight pasta with flavors of Mexican street corn – Orecchiette with Corn, Jalapeño, Feta and Basil.

The Pour: Eric Asimov writes that many Portuguese winemakers embrace the wine varietals that have been indigenous to their regions.

Off the Menu: Hwaban – a Korean restaurant from the team behind the sushi restaurant Kosaka in the West Village – headlines Florence Fabricant’s weekly roundup. Other openings include Brine Chicken, Adriaen Block and Il Pastaio di Eataly.

Restaurant Review: Pete Wells dines at Le Sia, a restaurant in the East Village that embraces the Chinese crayfish craze. Wells awards the restaurant one star.

Natalie Pattillo writes about making sambal, a tradition passed down through generations of Southeast Asian households. Recipes for Sambal Tumis and Mee Goreng (Southeast Asian Fried Noodles) are shared.

Scott Kearnan toasts to National Rum Day by featuring Casa Caña, a “nuevo Latina” restaurant and rum bar in Allston. Recipes for the “Teresa on Fire,” “El Floridita” and “Mambo Italiano” cocktails are also shared.

Jonathan Kauffman speaks with Chelsea Zhang, owner of Fremont’s Shinry Lamian, on how to perfect Lanzhou la mian.

Violet’s, a new cocktail bar, brings excitement to a San Francisco block.

Nyum Bai and Che Fico are named among Bon Appétit’s annual 10 Best New Restaurants in America list.

The William Tell House in Tomales will close later this year for construction and reopen as a new restaurant in spring 2019 under new ownership.

San Diego’s Ballast Point Brewing Company appears to be in the process of opening an outpost, marking the brewery’s first Northern California foray.

Co-founder of Almanac Beer Co. Jesse Friedman is no longer working for the brewery, but remains a partner in the company and continues to sit on the board.

Justin Phillips lists five things you need to know about Fort Mason’s new beer hall, Radhaus.

Lila Owens, owner of Cupcakin’ Bake Shop in Berkeley, shares plans to open an additional location in Oakland.

Jonathan Kauffman rounds up where to find the best dumplings in the Bay Area.

Jenn Harris rounds up what’s happening in the food and drink world:

• The food hall model continues to thrive in Orange County
• Falasophy, showcasing Lebanese street food, is opening a restaurant at the Irvine Spectrum Center
• Lisa Vanderpump, star of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” is opening Tom Tom, a restaurant and bar, in West Hollywood on Santa Monica Boulevard
• Chef Craig Strong is opening his own restaurant, Ocean at Main, in Laguna Beach in October
• The Cosmopolitan has announced plans to open the Block 16 Urban Food Hall on August 31

Patrick Comiskey shares short profiles of four local winemakers who participated in the Garagiste Wine Festival.