The Complexities of Soviet Food & Other News – In this week's food media round-up: the allure of military rations, understanding food deserts and in praise of the all-you-can-eat buffet
In Search of Grissini & Other News – In this week's round-up of food writing from around the world: blood soup in Los Angeles, the meaning of food memoir and a stereotype-busting chef
The Myth of Easy Cooking & Other News – Also in this week's food writing round-up: finding refuge at a California watering hole, a forgotten TV chef and a cultural history of restaurants
Cracking the Egg & Other News – This week's food writing survey goes behind the curtain at KFC, seeks out military rations in India and explores the rationale behind a great new cookbook
The Misadventures of Anthony Bourdain & Other News – This week's food-writing roundup covers culinary politics, queuing for beer and Haruki Murakami's metaphysics of food