Hotdish art print (2nd edition) by Adam Turman

Food News, Things We Crave, Resources, Green Your Eats, and Tips, Tools & Techniques. Check out this week’s picks. And don’t forget to check out today’s yummy recipe for Mango with Coconut Sticky Rice below.

Food News

• Another week, another recall. This time, beef. For possible E Coli. 
• And on the heels of recall news—Food Safety Versus Playing Nice: Filling the Post at the Food Safety Inspection Service (via Civil Eats)
• The organic dairy industry is going sour. The NY Times reports that dairies in VT are closing their doors one after another. The Ethicurean spoke to a farmer who says that it isn’t quite so bad. Still, the LA Times mentions two dairy farmer suicides in its report. Are you still buying organic milk?
• Amanda Hesser calls on Michelle Obama to find her way back to the kitchen—and pisses many off. What do you think? An important call to action or major feminist set back?
• The Washington Post looks at the Obamas’ politically correct restaurant choices—and Frank Bruni weighs in, too, with fun ideas on where they should have gone on their recent date night in NYC.
• NYC Food Film Festival, June 13-19! (via Cool Hunting)
• A quick peek inside the kitchen of Thomas Keller’s Per Se (via NY Times)
• Eric Schlosser (co-producer of Food, Inc and author of Fast Food Nation) on The Colbert Report (via Eat Me Daily)

Things We Crave

• Daniel Craig. These popsicles, being distributed by Del Monte in Europe (and talked about all over the interweb), may be the closest we’ll ever get. Sigh. (via Eat Me Daily)
• Pop wall art inspired by the iconic Enzo Mari fruit prints at Land of Nod (via OhDeeDoh)
• Beautiful food prints by the super talented illustrator Adam Turman (via The Kichn)
• Ice cream from The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck! Come to Bklyn, please!! (via Serious Eats)

Resources

• Only have spinach, chicken breasts, and lemons? Type ingredients you have on hand into Super Cook, an awesome new recipe search engine, and get results from sites including Epicurious, AllRecipes.com, and more (via Cool Mom Picks)
• The Seattle Times answers: What is Ghee?
• Even if you’re not list happy (like me) you’ll like this one: Anthony Bourdain’s 13 Places to Eat Before You Die (via Slash Food)
• Vindication for our support of (very specific) microwave use from the most unlikely place—molecular gastronomy whiz Wylie Dufresne (via Slash Food)
• An overview of mint in Italian cooking with tons of yummy inspiration (via Serious Eats)
• All about asparagus, “springs most versatile vegetable” (via NY Times)

Green Your Eats

• What the new film Food, Inc. Can Teach Us About How We Treat Animals (via Civil Eats)
• Green kitchen and cooking tips from Chow (via Cheap Healthy Good)
• Going Vegan for a Month (via SF Chronicle)

Tips, Tools, and Techniques

• Live in San Fran? Yes We Can (Food) makes me wish that I did. We need a community canning project in NYC! (via The Kitchn)
• You know we love helping reduce food waste! Check out these five ideas for leftover rice. And… one more, added a day later! (via The Kitchn)