Best Food Stories Of The Week

We get it, you're busy. We're swamped, too—busy combing the Internet to keep you in the loop amid this fast-moving world, that is. Head into the weekend with these articles, food-related deep dives and Tasting Table reads stored away as dinner party conversation fodder.

• Why people are paying $180 for this sandwich with five ounces of beef.

• Find out what happens when a city can't afford to have waiters in its restaurants.

• Michelin just released a guide for a new city.

• The bakery that invented the black-and-white cookie is closing shop after 116 years.

• The Oxford English Dictionary has added a new food word—and we still don't quite know what it means.

• Halo Top is getting sued for "dramatically" underfilling its pints.

• Want to get better at speaking another language? Start drinking more.

• Shark Week-themed cruises are either your dream come true or nightmare come to life.

• It's true—you can buy a private isle called Potato Island.

• When you look more like a famous Disney-Pixar character than the character himself. 

• An authorized Anthony Bourdain biography is happening.

• Why Sarah Sanders was kicked out of a Virginia restaurant.

• Whole Foods is now giving Amazon Prime members discounts nationwide.

• Remember Planters Cheez Balls? They're coming back after 12 years. 

• Think twice before bringing home that French sea salt or Spanish paprika from vacation.

• Chrissy Teigen unveils her new cookbook.

• Deep-fried Oreos: no longer something you have to wait until the state fair for.