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Food News, Things We Crave, Resources, Green Your Eats, and Tips, Tools & Techniques. Check out this week’s picks. (And have a healthy, happy, food-filled Memorial Day weekend!)

Food News

• Attention urban gardeners: check your soil for lead! (via NY Times)
• What’s more important, eating locally or supporting sustainable and fair condition farms (no matter where they are)? Read what the brilliant Marion Nestle has to say (via The Kitchn)
• How and why the poor pay more for food and other costs of living (Washington Post via La Vida Locavore)
• Good Food with Evan Kleinman comes to NYC for a week—yahoo! (via The Kitchn)
• Could the Nation’s Citrus Crop Be Wiped Out? (via Tree Hugger)

Things We Crave 

• Adorable “Comfort Food” pillows made of eco felt (felt made of 100% recycled plastic bottles; available at Etsy) (via OhDeeDoh)
• Cool, colorful, reusable Flip & Tumble totes that roll up small enough to fit in your purse (via Cool Hunting)
• New Yorkers, craving a night out? GO SEE THIS hysterical one-man show by comedian Mike Birbiglia. It has nothing to do with food, but was too funny not to plug! Sleepwalk with Me–around for three more weekends.
• MUST HAVE! Cute, sexy (I kid you not!) vintage inspired aprons (via @Cupcakekids)
• Hand-made, felt play food from Etsy (via Oh Dee Doh)
• Another reason I want a dehydrator! Gorgeous dried fruit rings (via Eat Me Daily)
• PVC-free, non toxic plastic, reusable snack packs (via Cool Hunting)

Resources

• The Kitchn gives us the low down on vital wheat gluten and when to use it
• A course at my recent dinner at Momofuku Ko—fried beef short ribs w/ sous vide onions, pickled pearls, grilled ramps, and new onions poached with lavender oil—has me loving on spring onions. Here’s a guide on selecting and storing these seasonal beauties (via SF Chronicle)
• Looking for good pizza? Check out Alan Richman’s 25 Best Pizzas in America’s list in GQ (via Slashfood)
• 26 Common Food Labels Explained (via Cheap Healthy Good)

Green Your Eats

• Great synopsis (with several useful links) of how and why gardening with kids pays off (that I spied in Oprah’s drink yesterday) (via Cooking Up a Story)
• Slow Food Founder on Local Eating (via Tree Hugger)
• Skip plastic straws with these stainless steel ones (via Oh Dee Doh)

Tips, Tools & Techniques

• Differ with your spouse on how to approach feeding and mealtime? Check out these great tips on A Child Grows in Brooklyn
• Tips for throwing an homemade pizza party!! (via The Kitchn)
• Great idea! Repurpose condiment squeeze bottles to make perfectly shaped, drip-free pancakes (via LifeHacker)
• Hone your knife skills with this short how-to (via Slashfood)
• Tips on how to save money on food from Get Rich Slowly (via Cheap Healthy Good)