Weather you support McCain or Obama, you can cook like your party with this round up of political cookbooks from Betty Hallock of The Los Angeles Times

 Ideas for the tomato bounty include LA Times story or take advice from Mark Bittman who last week created tomato jam in his column, the Minimalist.

This week Mark saves lavender from lemonade with savory recipes.

China discovers the fortune cookie by Jennifer 8. Lee of the New York Times.

Heriloom Cows in the New York Times.

Bar chef movement in full swing as reported by Julia Moleskin in the NY Times.

The next culinary school, California Sushi Academy.

Going beans for beans in the SF Gate.

SF Gate’s top 10 tools essential to the modern kitchen.

A cocktail of Olympian stature from Wall Street Journal libation columnist Eric Felten.

Beer Marketers turning their eyes towards women, not wholly unusual, but this time as consumers.

Hearts of Palm, demystified by the Wall Street Journal.

Pickles’ place in the restaurant and the home kitchen in the Washington Post

Don’t Call it a come back, The Washington Post reports that Jello-O is stepping up to the plate.

Pickles from Seattle’s Boat Street Café in the Seattle PI.

A workhorse of Korean cuisine, the buckwheat noodle in The Korea Times

Curious of Korean Cuisine explained in The Korea Times

Seoul’s answer to the Sunday, Pat Bing Su.

Artensial sea salt from Korea?