Best Food News On The Web: 4/5/2013

Sure, it's been a busy week. So you may have missed some of the great stories put out by The Daily Meal's talented editors and their fantastic special contributors. But you wouldn't want to head into the weekend having missed some of the best food stories on the Web. So here's a second serving of some of the great food and drink stories that you definitely shouldn't have missed.
 

TOP NEWS/HOT ITEMS

Anthony Bourdain's 'The Getaway' Promo Features Joel McHale, Aziz Ansari 'Hong Kong has snake soup,' Ansari says incredulously. 'Snakes!'

Michael White on Costata and His Upcoming Manhattan Upper East Side Restaurant We chatted with the chef at last night's Food & Wine Best New Chefs event.
 

EAT/DINE

A Visit to the Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard The final resting place for retired flavors.

Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos Looking to Open New York City Restaurant The duo co-hosts Cooking Channel's 'Extra Virgin.'
 

TRAVEL

20 Best Hostels Around the World for Food Some hostels offer much more than white bread and peanut butter.

10 Top Restaurants in the North Carolina Triangle The Old North State leads the South with globally-inspired, yet locally-minded, cuisine.
 

COOK

5 Delicious Recipes for Your Leftover Matzoh Passover is over, but that doesn't mean your matzoh-filled menu needs to be.

To Turn or Not to Turn an Artichoke? Teaching a class of eager students raises a pretty interesting question for the instructor.
 

RECIPES

Three Peas with Barley, Chile, and Green Garlic Recipe You'll find these ingredients (if not already in your garden) in an Asian grocery store.

Farro, Corn, and Runner Bean Salad with Goat Cheese Recipe Make this dish on a summer day to have it at the ready for lunch or dinner or an impromptu get-together.
 

ENTERTAIN

Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 5 Favorite Date Spots In honor of the power couple's 5th wedding anniversary, we're taking a look at their regular romantic haunts.

22 Birthday Candles You Never Knew You Needed Until Now A compilation of some of the best and most interesting birthday candles the Web has to offer, plus a little history and world news.
 

VIDEO

Food & Wine's 25th Annual Best New Chefs We talk to industry leaders and the winners about this prestigious award.

Hot or Cold Sake? We ask Timothy Sullivan to answer the age-old question of which sakes are better hot versus cold.
 

DRINK

So Many Beyoncés in This Pepsi Ad, We Cannot Handle It So if we drink Pepsi will we be just as fierce? Please say yes.

Beer Review: Ellegance, Colorado's First Beer Brewed by Women Only Introducing Ellegance, a collaboration among Denver and Boulder, Colorado's brewers to support the coolest women in beer.
 

FROM THE DAILY MEAL'S CULINARY CONTENT NETWORK

Burnt My Fingers brings us a recipe for "Corned Beef Bahn Mi."

Bite Sized whips up some "Za'tar Chicken with Tzatziki and Spicy Pepper Coulis."

 

Tyler Sullivan is the Assistant Editor at The Daily Meal. Follow her on Twitter @atylersullivan