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- Today co-host and America’s weatherman Al Roker is now in charge of the internet’s best new content. Roker has an online series called Cold Cuts, in which he talks with other famous people about sandwiches. Notoriously stoned comedic actors Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are guests in the first episode.
- How about some plastic-straw news? Marriott hotels and Intelligentsia cafes are dropping the sipping assistants, reports NPR.
- New Yorkers who want to get a taste of James Beard award winner Edouardo Jordan’s Southern cooking should save the date for July 30. The Seattle-based Salare and Junebaby chef will be popping up for one night only at Olmsted in Brooklyn.
- Seattle-based coffee kingpin Starbucks has announced plans to open its first “signing store” in the United States this October. At the forthcoming cafe, to be located in Washington, D.C., all employees will be fluent in American Sign Language.
- Matcha continues to be a hot trend among the celebrity circuit. Rapper Drake, producer Diplo, and professional football player Von Miller have gone in together on a powdered green tea company, reports Bloomberg.
- Embattled pizza chain Papa John’s recently looked into merging with square-burger purveyor Wendy’s, according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s hard to imagine how the saucy Wendy’s twitter account would have reacted to PJ’s founder John Schnatter’s recently revealed racist comments.
- Meanwhile, the family Colonel Sanders says Schnatter is a “weasel” for leveling racism allegations against the Kentucky Fried Chicken founder and mascot, per the Louisville Courier-Journal.
- For those in need of new cutlery, consider this chef’s knife made from underwear.
- College football coach Mark Richt once gave detailed instructions on the proper way to eat a sandwich. Now he’s back with a recipe for something called “hot dog delight.” This dish, which Richt described during a press meeting at Atlantic Coast Conference media days, involves toasted bread, dogs, American cheese, baked beans, and ketchup.
Last year, he gave you the 10-bite sandwich. This year, Mark Richt delivers the recipe for Hot Dog Delight. pic.twitter.com/wj14uQ5SaW
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) July 18, 2018
- Congratulations to Milk Bar dessert queen Christina Tosi, who just landed at No. 30 on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list.
- The Food and Drug Administration wants to crack down on applying the “milk” name to products such as almond milk. “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess,” says FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, notes the Cut.
- An awful patron at a Texas steakhouse has been banned from the restaurant for leaving a racist message on their check, reports USA Today. The unnamed diner, who was served by an employee named Khalil, wrote, “we don’t tip terrorist” and left a zero on the receipt’s tip line.
- Finally, singer Mya, whom music fans from the ’90s and early aughts might remember for her role in that “Lady Marmalade” cover, has launched her own brand of vegan wine, according to Live Kindly. The Planet 9 Fine Wine by Mya is now available for purchase from the singer’s online shop.
