In a new "cheese diplomacy" project, French cheesemakers are training North Koreans to make Emmental. [BBC News]
Drought-affected farmers in California's Central Valley have been informed that they will not receive any federal irrigation water. [NPR]
The federal government has approved a powdered alcohol product called Palcohol, and it's coming stores this fall. [LAT]
A husband-and-wife team are making cheese in an underground tunnel in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood. [WSJ]
Haagen-Dazs is releasing new vegetable and tomato-flavored ice creams in Japan. [LAT]
How to make dishes from famous literature, from Moby Dick to Middlesex. [Smithsonian]