Spice-Rubbed Duck Breas ~ A flavorful duck recipe that's prepared on the grill from Serious Eats.

The New York Times has some great ideas for cooking eggplant!

A great roundup of different mints to grow in your herb garden from Sunset.

NOLET's Lychee Gimlet ~ The latest tropical fruit gift box from NOLET's Gin was packed with sweet delicious lychees.

Grilled Potatoes with Garlic-Herb Oil ~ A great summer side dish from Fake Ginger

A great guide from The New York Times on cooking in a fire pit!

A homemade pizza topped in eggplant, tahini, and za'atar from Sprouted Kitchen.

Slow Roasted Tomatoes ~ Sassy Radish adds some variety to the bounty of the summer tomato harvest by slow roasting some.

Students at MIT have taught a robot how to bake cookies from scratch. It's a little heavy handed with the spatula, but the videos of it in action are nevertheless fascinating to watch!

Delicious Mac and Cheese and amazing red beans and rice in downtown Los Angeles. NOLA's offers Angelenos a taste of New Orleans and live music 6 days a week.

Laist profiles Chef Ricardo Zarate, the man behind Los Angeles Peruvian hot spots Mo-Chica and Picca, where they serve these delicious anticucho!

The Black Blood of The Earth... LA Weekly uncovers coffee with 40 times the caffeine! Funranium labs has created a smoother higher caffeinated expression of coffee with a cold extraction method and science!

Urban Bee-Keeping a short documentary from Adrian Bautista on rooftop apiaries in Brooklyn.

Michael Ruhlman shows how to roast a suckling pig.

Great for Urban Grilling! Timeshare back yard offers hourly rentals of their yard on Ludlow Street in Manhattan.

A look at the winners of the Rethink The Food Label competition.

From Stay Puft Marshmallows to Soylent Green... The Smithsonian rounds up fun fictional foods made real!

Real Food Real Kitchens ~ A trailer for a new show starting real people, cooking real meals, in their real kitchens.

Riverpark Farm ~ The New York Times takes a look at Tom Colicchio's new secret rooftop garden along F.D.R. Drive. It's 15,000 square feet of hyper-local produce!

Culinary Tattoos ~ Fun temporary tattoos with kitchen utensils from Tattly.

World's Most Expensive Hot Dog ~A video of the making of an enormous dog covered in mushroom dust, caviar and creme freche from Brockton Rox!

The Boston Globe rounds up some great summer cocktails... shandys, mai tais and more!

Cafe Habana Malibu ~ Great Mexican food with a little bit of Cuban inspiration and a beautiful mural from Shepard Fairey. Spicy calamari, roasted corn with cotija cheese and contemporary art... a winning combination!

The New York Times on turning vegetable scraps into delicious food. Includes some great tips on getting more from your veggies!

Automatic mini donut factory ~ Gear Patrol came across this magical little donut maker. Simply pour in the batter, and the machine will do everything else including dispensing the dough, forming, flipping, and frying!

Homemade Black Pepper Cheez-Its ~ A homemade and dressed up version of a snack food classic from A Cozy Kitchen.

Mixed Paella ~ An Americanized paella from Saveur which skips the rabbit and snails for paprika, shrimp and chorizo.

A Grassy Point Oyster cooked on a bed of hot coals ~ Part of an amazing tasting menu from Casey Overton at The Loft featuring courses of Caledonia prawns with compressed cantaloupe, swordfish, and Wagyu Ribeye!

What's Cooking, Uncle Sam? ~ A fascinating exhibit full of great old propaganda at the National Archive that traces the role of the government in setting the dinner table.

Crook's Corner's Green Peach Salad - A great way to use up unripe peaches from Food52!

A trio of rib recipes from Sunset. 3 great glazes: a sticky brown sugar, a Middle Eastern zaatar, and a basil chile lemonade!

Rhuby ~ A new rhubarb flavored liquor from Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. It is a great use of the seasonal favorite, rhubarb, and as their cute video explains, it goes back to the plant's past as a medicinal tonic!

Blackberry Cobbler ~ Simply Recipe's easy cobbler takes less time to make then pie.

Ancient Sidr Honey ~ Collected from hives in the mountains of Yemen this amazing honey is just one in the vast collection of honeys and cheeses that we tried in The Loft at Montage Laguna Beach.

From the LA Weekly... Scottish chemists can now tell real scotch from fake by using science!

Fun video of Reggie Watts doing some acapella techno for Nando's.

Grilled Soft Cheese, Thyme Honey and Fresh Figs ~ Not Without Salt shares this absolutely stunning appetizer.

Chow shares some great resources and videos on smoking your food!

Basil, Chives, Cilantro... Sunset rounds up nine indispensable herbs.

Esquire's manliest cocktail order... "old-fashioned, no fruit"

Oh Joy came across this cute crustless lemon meringue pie in a jar from Cube in Los Angeles.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies ~ Kitchen Simplicity shares this great version of the classic dessert.

Southern Eclipse ~ A cocktail made with Wild Turkey, cognac, maple syrup and an amazing view. Just one of the delicious signature cocktails at The Loft in Montage Laguna Beach.

Gilt Taste presents this oddly hypnotic film of dancing salt shakers that's reminiscent of old dance routines and synchronized swimming.