Amuse Bouche

News from the world of food and wine that you might have missed this week.

• As summer is heating up here are some recommendations for hot weather wines.
• Interest groups in France are proposing to ban all discussions of wine on social media.
• History and facts about Bourbon–America’s own spirit.
• Did you know spaghetti and meatballs is not an Italian dish?
• You probably didn’t know there is an art to making cucumber sandwiches. You may not have known there is such a thing as a cucumber sandwich.
• From the things-that-perhaps-should-not-exist file

—  a burger stuffed with pb,topped with bananas, bacon and ricotta

—  A pizza with smoked beef bone marrow, pickled cabbage and sour cream

— A banana slicer?

— Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe’s

• Why beef prices will be increasing.
• Costco gets a shout-out for treating its employees well.
• Restaurant no-shows. Should there be a penalty? A recent academic study says yes.
• Pigs on a steady diet of genetically-modified grains are unhealthy.
• A scientist claims mushrooms can solve most of our problems.