It's the afternoon, and you deserve a break. Sit back, pour yourself a glass, and enjoy these food stories from around the Internet.
Offering "the average Joe the chance to dine like royalty without the washing up," Chris Godfrey's All in One 12-course meal includes, from the top down:
It is, as you might expect, an art project. [Chris Godfrey/Things Organized Neatly]
Even if you are royalty, though, you might be hard-pressed to find classic French food in Paris--traditional Parisian bistros, and dishes like boeuf bourguignon or pot-au-feu, are being edged out by trendier newcomers (a.k.a. burgers). [Paris by Mouth]
Beirut is home to an award-winning and wildly popular microbrewery, 961 Beer. Steve Hindy, the improbably perfect-for-comment co-founder of the Brooklyn Brewery and former AP correspondent in Beirut, calls 961 Beer's founder "the Lone Ranger" in the Middle East beer scene. [NYT]
Meanwhile, in Hungary, woolly Mangalitsa pigs--they look like hogs in sheep's clothing--are celebrated, and have gained an international reputation for tasting great. Unfortunately, as far as we can tell, you can't buy a pig-wool sweater to go with your bacon. [NPR]
A "lanky and sockless wunderkind," Flynn McGarry is a 14-year-old celebrity chef, complete with his own $160/person pop-up restaurant this summer in Beverly Hills. Sure beats mowing lawns. [Bloomberg]
For an underage chef, a boozeless cocktail: we just hope the Salted Meyer Lemon and Sage Presse from Trick Dog in San Francisco matches up with McGarry's precocious palate.