Food News, Things We Crave, Green Your Eats, and Tips, Tools, and Techniques. Check out this week’s picks. And also Coohunting’s story on ChowMama. Yay–we love you, too!

Food News

• I bet this extends beyond my great city, but a new Zagat survey reports that New Yorkers are cooking at home more than before the recession (via taste and share)
• Hot dogs should carry a warning label , lawsuit says (via los angeles times)
• The top ten US food policy destinations that are affecting current food policy in the country today (via serious eats)
• Not news, but will give you a chuckle! The dumbest allergy warning ever (via serious eats)
• California’s tree crops are screwed, says new report (via the ethicurean)

Things We Crave

• I’m not one for pearls. But this pearl trivet from Adam + Harborth 2004 might be an exception (via swissmiss)
• I like to make my own popsicles, but I’m still using the molds I got at Ikea a couple years back. Loving these BPA-free ones! And the popsicles don’t look so bad either. (via inhabitots)

Green Your Eats

• Did you  know that soy milk Silk has quietly shifted from organic beans to conventional beans. Me either. And there’s more! (via ethicurean)
• Starting a community farmers market: the third piece in a series by a woman who’s trying to bring a farmer’s market to her rural community in New Jersey (via cooking up a story)

Tips, Tools, & Techniques

• I’ve always wondered how to make gravlax. This video will show you how (via gluten-free girl)
• Cupcakes? Good. Summer cupcakes with melted frosting? Not good. Need a transport solution? (via cupcake project)
• Got food sensitivities? Check out Food Content Alerts, a new online tool for cataloging and managing what you eat, complete with critical food updates, recall info, and a user generated product database.
• Cheap healthy leafy greens: 246 recipes for cabbage, kale, spinach, swiss chard, and more (via cheap healthy good)
• The Minimalist gives us 101 simple salads for the season (via ny times)