Food Reads: Dim Sum Mania + The Perfect Cookie

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how a popular Bay Area dim sum joint churns out thousands of dumplings a day. [Lucky Peach]

Legendary cookbook author Dorie Greenspan shares her secrets for baking the perfect cookie. [Saveur]

The White House Kitchen Garden is the real winner amidst of all the election hoopla. [WaPo]

How does the Bayer-Monsanto deal affect the agriculture community? [Modern Farmer]

Sound the alarms! Climate change may be responsible for decreased wine production. [The Guardian]

Spice up your weekday dinner and swap out salmon for this mild Spanish pescado. [NYT]

Intimidated by pressure cookers? Push those fears aside and cook stew in minutes with the Instant Pot. [Epicurious]

A Chinese restaurant chose to see the good in people and offered a “pay-what-you-want” policy for opening weekend—the results were not surprising. [Grubstreet]

Make flatbread in a flash with this two-ingredient recipe. [The Kitchn]

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Tara Condell, RDN is the media intern at the James Beard Foundation. Find her on Instagram and Twitter.