News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week.
- Atelier, the Swedish experimental food/art lab, designed a city made of food.
- Mother Jones reports that ALEC, the conservative group lobbying group is pushing legislation in nine states that would make undercover investigations of livestock farms illegal.
- Science tries to answer: Do cookies dunked in tea or milk really taste better?
- Does Vodka in Penne alla Vodka really make the sauce taste better. Serious Eats investigates.
- Did you know that Velveeta actually comes from somewhere?
- What is Gazpacho Manchego? It’s not soup, it’s not cold, there are no tomatoes, and it isn’t cheese. Find out about this intriguing Spanish meat stew.
- Lessons on the knife skills needed at Benihana’s
- The U.S. is now the top wine market in the world. Overseas wines now account for 35% or wine sold here. But world output of wine fell in 2012 to the lowest in 27 years.
- Forget Texas, Carolina, and Kansas. Kentucky has a barbecue culture too focused on smoked mutton.
- How does red taste? Taste synesthetes experience the world through taste.
- In Alabama, brewing your own beer is illegal.
- Pennsylvania may finally be getting rid of state liquor stores and allowing sales in supermarkets.
- Ready for another “wine is good for your story”. Now, allegedly, Champagne improves memory.
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