Pretzel Bites ~ Food Freak shares this German recipe for fantastic homemade snacks!

Deep Fried Fluffernutter ~ Studio City's Black Market Liquor Bar serves up interesting cocktails and features a delicious menu from Top Chef's Antonia Lofaso. It's full of gems like deviled quail eggs and deep fried peanut butter and fluff sandwiches!

Sunset rounds up 27 great recipes featuring tomatoes!

The New York Times illuminates some of the regional and cultural variations of the simple biscuit.

Chow shares some advice on transforming gas station finds into gourmet road food.

Meat Sections ~ The Atlantic shares some of the whimsical work of Alyson Thomas who makes prints inspired by butcher's meat sections.

Stunning buttercream roses from Call me Cupcake!

HotSpot Portable Notebook Grill ~ An easy-to-carry grill that folds down flat. Great for impromptu grilling sessions. See it unboxed!

Beautiful Beef Kebabs... Simply Recipes shares some great tips on setting up skewers for the grill.

Potato Pillows Topped with Bacon Dust ~ An amazing golden brown and delicious appetizer and another look at the Studio garden located just steps away from the restaurant at Montage Laguna Beach.

Revisiting the Studio Garden at Montage Laguna Beach ~ The potatoes are overflowing their boxes, the fava beans, squashes, and strawberries are all getting ready to be picked... and the chefs are cooking the harvest just steps away in Studio's kitchen.

The Obama Pizza ~ From the LA Times... Pink Flamingo Pizza in Paris offers the L'Obama. A thin crust pizza topped with bacon and pineapple chutney.

LA Weekly rounds up LA's Top 10 Ice Cream & Gelato Spots after trying 30 scoops in 30 days.

Serious Eats on the water process of decaffeinating coffee.

Javier Plascencia's Oyster Asada w/ Chicharron and Sea Beans - A look at the Baja contingent and this ridiculously tasty dish that won both Best in Show and the People's Choice Award in last weekend's LA Street Food Fest's Summer Tasting.

Orange Scented Rhubarb Pop-tarts ~ A sophisticated upgrade to the classic toaster pastry from Devour.

Cheesey Poofs ~ From South Park to shelves... Frito-Lay makes the legendary fictional snack a reality just in time for Comic-Con

This enormous Bibimbap was just one of the many amazing dishes at the LA Street Food Festival.

Tomato Caper Pasta ~ A simple summer pasta dish from Fresh 365.

Shrimp Paste Sandwiches ~ Design*Sponge goes Southern in the kitchen with Tara Guerard.

Calibrating Your Grill ~ The Huffington Post helps you get your BBQ set for optimal control!

Vodvil ~ Vodvil is LA's newest spot for adult fun and games. A great place for souped up pub trivia and regressing into a kid with a menu of gourmet spun classics like kettlecorn, pigs in a blanket, and spiked punches!

Fennel Pollen ~ Serous Eats profiles this incredibly powerful spice, with notes of licorice, citrus, and handmade marshmallows.

Sunset rounds up a fun batch of gardening tools like this mobile planter!

A roundup of French recipes for Bastille Day from The Huffington Post

Beer Floats! Father's Office, the Los Angeles craft beer and burger Mecca, just added dessert to the menu. They feature IPA beer floats and buttermilk ice cream sandwiches!

Meet Mameshiba - Full of cute advice and bizarre trivia... these little Japanese "bean dogs" are the result of creatively playing with your food.

Saveur rounds up 20 great Summery Sandwiches!

not without salt makes these beautiful homemade Butterfingers!

Serious Eats shows you how to whip up a great French meringue.

the kitchn cross hatches and marinates hotdogs to amp up the flavor on the grill!

Homemade BBQ Beans ~ The Urban Baker shares this great side dish that makes it easy to feed a crowd!

Time Travel Kitchen unearths these tips for an Automobile Luncheon from a 1929 issue of Good Housekeeping.

The Atlantic has put together a reading list for staying up on food politics.

A great sneak peak into Tasting Table's beautiful new test kitchen

Mediterranean Margarita ~ The Redbury in Hollywood offers up inventive cocktails like this fig infused margarita and two beautiful newly opened lounges to drink them in!

Sunset shares a great Western food fight as it tries to figure out which city's cuisine reigns supreme.

The Minimalist highlights some of the joys of vegetarian grilling.

A sweet pop up ~ With just a skillet and a hotplate Chef Dan Moody set up at dessert hour inside Westside Scoops in LA featuring a banana bread pudding and an amazing almond gnocchi!

Lemon, rosemary, thyme avocado hummus ~ Running to the Kitchen share this creamy spread with a big lemony kick!

Tequila Peach Pie ~ A fascinating combination brought about by Not Without Salt and happenstance.

Lemon Yogurt and Cherry Cake ~ A fun kitchen experiment from The Boy Who Bakes.

Sweet Potato, Ricotta, and Arugula Flatbread ~ Beautiful colors in this great light appetizer from the kitchn!

Matt Bites shares some hand drawn and home spun kitchen widsom.