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The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

dubh/Flickr​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. Los Angeles Times: Farmshop gets 2.5 stars, local artisan distilleries, gnocchi by Tom Colicchio. New York Ti ... More >>

AFJ 2011 Winners Announced

The AFJ -- which would be the Association of Food Journalists and not the Alliance for Justice or the Armed Forces Journal -- announced their 2011 winners over the weekend. The AFJ, which was formed in 1974 as the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association, Inc., has been handing out awards sinc ... More >>

Want the Best Ice Cream Maker? Deep Pockets Help, But Dextrous Offspring Work in a Pinch

Bob Donaldson/Pittsburgh Post-GazetteA Nike Sundae​When the hand-crank version of a trusty household appliance is still in your garage, you could view it as a sign that engineering improvements over the years have hardly been necessary. Either that, or ice cream manufacturers took a rather slo ... More >>

Bartender Angelo Cammarata Retires: Mixologists Have Nothing on This Guy

ABCNews.comAngelo Cammarata behind the bar​Angelo Cammarata, the longest-serving bartender on record, is retiring after 77 years of cocktail shaking. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the bartender has sold his family business, in part due to health complications suffered by one of his ... More >>

The Andrés Martinez Mystery

Can the Times’ new opinion maker solve the paper’s political conundrum?

A Current Affair

Meet Andrés Martinez, the L.A. Times new opinion meister

And Then There Was a Knock

The strange detention of a Hindu Afghan grandfather and his wife

Message From Beyond

Another look at the Republican convention

Arnold’s True Lie

Playing to Lose

Arnold may be governor, but the world is still a ghetto