Food FYI: Drought fallout? Discontent in China

RIPPLE EFFECT

Poor harvests caused by the U.S. drought could fuel food inflation and social discontent in China, the top foreign buyer of American soybeans. [Los Angeles Times]

STARRY KITCHEN RETURNS

Starry Kitchen has reopened as a permanent pop-up at Tiara Cafe in downtown L.A. Nguyen and Thi Tran are serving a pan-Asian family-style menu, including Singaporean chile crab, already a crowd favorite. [KPCC]

PICNICKING IN PARIS

Where to pick up picnic goods and then go enjoy them in Paris, including Le Marche des Enfants Rouges and Square du Temple, Rosa Bonheur and Buttes Chaumont, Epicerie Generale and Pont des Arts, and Bob’s Juice and Canal St. Martin. [Vogue Paris]

THE ART OF HOSTING

It’s “15 minutes” for that table? Make that 50. [Epicurious]

DON’T WORRY ABOUT HANTAVIRUSThe most disease-bearing animals? Chicken, pigs and cows (from which humans contract diseases of the gastrointestinal tract). Not mosquitoes or rodents. [Slate]

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