The New Yorker: Wines from New Jersey rival top French wines in a recent re-enactment of the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting. Since the word is now out, I will happily accept your good Burgundies in exchange for some of New Jersey's finest. - Eric Asimov Gawker: Of course we're curious: What's on the menu when Sarah Jessica Parker invites Michael White over to cook for President Obama and a few pals - like Anna Wintour and Andy Cohen - who are paying $40,000 for the privilege? Chicken, apparently. - Julia Moskin The Savannah Morning News: America's most famous diabetic, Paula Deen (above), may be ready to drop that message about eating less: She's about to roll out a line of packaged foods. (Via Grub Street.) - Patrick Farrell Nation's Restaurant News: A preview of the 2012 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colo., from Friday to Sunday. Some 500 chefs, restaurateurs and industry leaders colliding with 1,500 fressers plus Elvis Costello, who will perform. Try to crash those insiders" networking sessions at the Jerome Hotel. - Glenn Collins Culture: Sandor Ellix Katz, the fermentation advocate, praises raw-milk cheeses as agents of bacterial biodiversity. - Jeff Gordinier The Gray Report: A wine analyst reports the following trends: Australian wines are dead in the American market. Cheap Argentine malbecs are hot; expensive ones are not; and neither are expensive Oregon wines. Wineries are using fewer new oak barrels. - Eric Asimov Mother Jones: Despite the popularity of farmers" markets, consumer-supported-agriculture efforts, celebrity cooking shows and increasing food literacy, processed foods and sweets are more important than ever to the American diet (accounting for 22.9 percent of food money spent, compared with 11.6 percent in 1982). And there's a multicolored chart. - Glenn Collins Details: This weekend, save room on that grill for your cocktails. ... - Jeff Gordinier Gothamist: ... Or stage your own Lost Weekend with Lime-a-Rita, Bud Light's lurid new margarita-flavored malt liquor. Gothamist speculates on its possible ingredients: "diet polonium, sea scroll extract, Hi-C Ecto-Cooler." - Patrick Farrell Afar: The back story on Becherovka, a Czech liqueur that a lot of American bartenders have taken a shine to lately. - Jeff Gordinier Eater: Excellent excerpts from a Wednesday panel discussion in New York with Christina Tosi, Eric Ripert and Christine Muhlke. A question arises: How is it that an American girl who ate mostly Spaghetti-O's from a can and a French boy whose mother practiced nouvelle cuisine at home can both end up at the top of the culinary profession? - Julia Moskin Decanter: Four directors of the Burgundy négociant Labouré-Roi have been detained on charges of wine fraud. The charges allege illegal blending and improper labeling. - Eric Asimov Tasting Table: Spanish pork: the next wave. - Jeff Gordinier The New York Times: Greek yogurt has become such a major-league game that Chobani has signed a celebrity athlete to pitch it to children: Jennie Finch, a former pitcher for the United States Olympic softball teams. - Patrick Farrell Poetry Foundation: Lettuce, carrots, parsley, "a cool fragrance of mint" - a poem by John Montague about the quiet joys of summer gardening. - Jeff Gordinier