AUSTIN— Aaron Franklin, pitboss of the line-inducting Franklin's BBQ, has taken to crowdfunding to help raise money for a second season of his web series, BBQ with Franklin. Eater Austin reports Franklin and local PBS station KLRU are seeking $20,000 to help complete post-production on season two, promising future episodes about "beef ribs and many other nerdy barbecue tidbits." Franklin's previously announced PBS show is still in the works. [EATX]
TORONTO— Toronto's iconic Cookbook Store, which closed in March 2014 to make way for condo development, will be reborn as a capsule shop inside Toronto's downtown culinary market All The Best Fine Foods. Cookbook Store owner Alison Fryer, who ran the shop for 31 years, will curate a section of the store renamed All The Best Cookbooks, while many of the CS's classes, readings, and events will find a new home inside All The Best Fine Foods. More information here. [CBCNews]