Here are some of our favorite food links from around the web this week. We hope that you like them, too.

 

The making of a David Bowie cookie or, technically, a Ziggy Stardust cookie. Totally mesmerizing. (RIP, Starman ?)

If you prefer drinking your sorrow away: Cocktails inspired by David Bowie.

Or, for you Harry Potter fans, a Severus Snape cocktail. (More ?)

Making a Murderer macarons. . .  for simultaneous binge watching and eating? And yes, a little disturbing.

Netflix announces “Cooked,” the new Michael Pollan documentary series and we can’t wait.

Wine pairings for Girl Scout cookies. (Or, if you’d rather, we found beer pairings for Girl Scout cookies, too.)

America’s essential restaurants, 2016.

Chocolate makers fight a melting supply of cocoa. Uh oh.

How big food is using natural flavors to win consumer favor.

Easy, make-ahead smoothie packs that make healthy mornings so much easier.

 

A super fun recipe for Pink Hot Chocolate. The kids will flip for this! | The Kipi Blog

Well, this is fun: pink hot chocolate! 

Ha: $17 pickles and other confusingly expensive artisanal foods.

Shake Shack’s chicken sandwiches are now available all over the country. (I’ve had one and it’s worth it.)

Meet the 12-year-old ‘Chopped Junior’ veteran with her own TV show.

A conversation between myself and Cool Mom Eats writer, Jane Maynard, in which I spill one of my favorite kitchen tricks.