In this month’s installment of my award-winning blog (still thrilled!): Food politics is dominated by climate and water issues, mainly the drought in California, and chicken and egg dilemmas; join the dots, it’s all connected. Also, dog-love Italian style (involves truffles), musings on the simplicity of tenders, some seaweed recipes, cherry leaf wine and a Lithuanian soup, plus loads more. Enjoy.
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FOOD POLITICS
NutellaGate – Greenpeace
John Oliver vs The Chicken – Politico
Food’s Ticking Time Bomb – Yorkshire Post
Companies Have a Critical Role in Creating a Better Food System – The Guardian
Most Californians Support Serving Breakfast to Students During School Day – LA Times
The British Apple is Under Threat – The Independent
Accounting for the Hidden Costs of Monoculture – Food Tank
On the California Drought: Making Sense of Water – NYT
How Water Woes Will Mess with Food Businesses – Grist
Organic Farming Can Actually be More Profitable – Quartz
Farmers Fight Farmers in California Water War – NPR
The Water Footprint of a Smoothie – Mother Jones
Why Eggs Have Gotten More Expensive in California – LA Times
RECIPES
Soba Salad with Seaweed, Cucumber & Asparagus – Serious Eats
Lithuanian Cold Beet Soup – My Food Odyssey
Cherry Leaf Wine – David Lebovitz
How to Cook and Eat Nettles – Demuths
Ottolenghi’s Seaweed Recipes – The Guardian
Grilled Lamb Recipes – Saveur
Grilled Ginger Sesame Pork Tenderloin – Simply Recipes
Ruby Rhubarb Bars – Patricia Wells
Baked Rhubarb with Fresh Ricotta – Orangette
How to Cook a Lobster – Serious Eats
Fettucine with Butternut Squash and Red Poblano Crema – Rick Bayless
Strawberry & Lemon Tiramisu – Giancarlo & Katie Caldesi
OTHER STUFF
In Italy: A Man, His Dog and the Truffle – Aeon (video)
Ode to Norwegian Brown Cheese – The New Yorker
The Q Texture – Huffington Post
How to Eat: Ploughman’s Lunch – The Guardian
Why I Blocked Your Food Blog – Paste
Why Comfort Food Comforts – The Atlantic
The Saddest Cookbooks Ever – Paste
Working Mom: Margot Henderson – Lucky Peach
MIT Free Online Course: Learn to Cook and Speak Italian – OpenCulture
Chimps Would Cook If Given the Chance – NYT
On Chicken Tenders – Helen Rosner/Guernica
The Chain Breaker: A Dairy Queen Like No Other – Serious Eats
Lessons from a French Film on Farming – Civil Eats
Bad Vinaigrette 
Thank you so much for the link! Lots of good stuff here – I look forward to reading through them.
Pleasure!