Food for Thought: Favorite Food Writings of This Week (and Last)

Totally Unrelated Photo of the Week: Lemon Tart from Maximiliano in Highland Park.

I sift through ’em all, so you don’t have to. Check out the food finds I loved this week (and last):

• Salty cheese goes better with sweat teas. I learned this and more from a new-to-me article from Cynthia Gold about “Inspired Cheese and Tea Parings” on Culture: The Word on Cheese.

• Joy the Baker has a beautifully balanced cranberry toasted coconut flaxseed oatmeal recipe, plus a smoothie concoction that will get you back on track after all the holiday gorging.

• The Minty has me asking myself why on earth I haven’t been to Michael Voltaggio’s ink.sack. Oh yeah, it’s in West Hollywood, and I’m lazy. Still…the pictures are lovely.

• So, Natalie James of Fashion Intel recently found out she has Jewish roots. Fast forward to some Latkes with Apple Chutney.

• Like marijuana? Well, you’re in luck because a cannabis pop-up restaurant is allegedly coming to town thanks to French chef Laurent Quenioux and Starry Kitchen’s Nguyen Tran. Read all the sorted details on Grub Street.

• It’s a tradition! The Gastronomer lists her “Top 10 Sweets of 2011.” The salted caramel bar from Huckleberry is mentioned, so you know it’s legit.

-Valentina