The L.A. Beer Float Showdown goes down this weekend. [LAT]
Food & Wine now taking nominations for the 2012 People's Best New Chef. [F&W]
The Oxford Companion to Beer shows how far we've come from the age of mass-produced lager. [NYT]
Eye-opening recipes from the Saveur editors. [Saveur]
Feelin' hot, hot, hot: a collection of spicy recipes. [Chow]
The moving inspiration behind Michael Solomonov's Israeli cuisine. [NYT]
Sophisticated spins on apples and honey for Rosh Hashanah. [NPR]