Food Reads: Happy Hour Tips + Fried Favorites

Whether you prefer your drinks shaken or stirred, these seven cocktail tips will help you restock your home bar and prep for happy hour this weekend. [Bon Appétit]

Forfeit your smart phone at the door of the culinary convent, Nundos, a London pop-up restaurant operated entirely by nuns. [Food & Wine]

Revitalize the breakfast classic eggs and toast with romesco. [Food52]

Discover new food blogs, sites, and Instagram accounts to obsess over, courtesy of Saveur’s 2017 Blog Awards. [Saveur]

The land of the free, and the home of the deep-fried: America’s long-time love affair with fried food. [CNN]

Ward off the first signs of an autumn cold with this recipe for brothy chicken with ginger. [Bon Appétit]

Pasta is the gift that keeps on giving, and here are five ways to fall in love with it all over again. [Saveur]

For the meal kit industry, it is the best of times and the worst of times: the rise and (looming) demise of the Blue Apron empire. [Washington Post]

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Emily Dzilenski is the media department intern at the James Beard Foundation. Follow her on Instagram.