Your Monday Lunch Break Reading List

Life moves pretty fast, as Ferris Bueller says. Here's a selection of our favorite stories from the site this weekend.

Saturday

• We considered the merits of salt baking.
• Did Daylight Savings trip you up? We wrote a haiku (or two) to help you get over it.

Sunday

• Cinnamon rolls grew up right before our eyes.
• We collected some weekend reading; consider it bonus Monday lunch reading.

More from last week:

 

Monday 

• Yotam Ottolenghi and Heidi Swanson stopped by the office and we fainted celebrated! 
• Leslie came to the rescue after the bad news about meat came out this week.
• Riddley shared a moving story about tension behind ever-changing relationships and the comfort of recipes that stay just the same. 

Tuesday

• NSDL hit the road!   
• Sarah made the case for bringing canned coffee stateside.  
• Our childhood dreams came true when Teresa Floyd showed us how to make chocolate roll snack cakes.  
• Caroline had some words of wisdom for those who don’t yet, but are willing to like beer.

Wednesday  

• Gabi shared some of her favorite, spookiest Halloween movies and what to pair them with. 
• We revealed the winner for Your Best Savory Apple Recipe contest! 
• Samantha had some advice for keeping herbs going all year long.
• Ali had some strong words for Seamless.  

Thursday 

• Amanda gave some thought to the age-old question: What is the best kind of table for a dinner party? 
• Fiveandspice shared the Do’s and Oh Please Don’t's of wine-drinking.
• Ashley Rodriguez opened our eyes to the magic of sweet potato casserole with DIY fluff.

 

 Friday

• Leslie cooked her way to serenity. 
• We announced our latest #f52contest: Share your #notsaddesklunch!
• Mario Batali told us his favorite thing to cook when it's cold out.
• And we busted some wacky, wonderful food myths.

Monday and Thursday photos by James Ransom, Tuesday photo by Mark Weinberg, Wednesday photo by Rocky Luten, Friday photo by Bobbi Lin