The Washington Post: The solution for kale fatigue: chard. - Julia Moskin The Sunday Times: New research shows that Shakespeare, in addition to being a brilliant playwright, was also a food hoarder and tax evader. - Melissa Clark Food52: Balsamic vinegar has gotten a bad rap for upstaging many a salad. But it can be a real team player in soups, sauces, desserts and even cocktails. - Patrick Farrell Food Republic: Many of the new meatsmiths (you might also know them as butchers) are former vegans or vegetarians. - Maria Newman Grist: Whole Foods is building an enormous rooftop farm at its new store in Gowanus, Brooklyn, practically on the banks of the Superfund-site canal. - Emily Weinstein Vice: In a new video series about food trucks, the chefs and brothers Max and Eli Sussman explore the ways in which cupcakes and heavy metal intersect. - Jeff Gordinier Bloomberg Businessweek: Not only are ground pork, onions and green beans in short supply at Walmart, but also dog food! Customers are reporting empty shelves and significant restocking problems after cuts in the company's work force have left its employees too thinly populated in its 4,000 stores. - Glenn Collins Civil Eats: Today's hair-raising read on the state of the global food system: Goldman Sachs, McDonald's and the "financialization" of food. - Julia Moskin Men's Journal: A recipe for paella for six from Gerard Nebesky, the paella pied piper of northwestern California, that includes chorizo, shrimp, mussels and littlenecks -Glenn Collins Tasting Table: Does the oft-maligned cocktail known as Long Island Iced Tea actually have a pedigree (of sorts)? - Jeff Gordinier The New York Observer: The paper rolls out NYO, its thick new lifestyle section, featuring a cover Q-and-A with Philippe Massoud, the Lebanese chef behind the Flatiron hot spot Ilili. - Patrick Farrell Slate: A video essay about how Quentin Tarantino uses food as a metaphor for power in his films. - Melissa Clark The Daily Meal: The campaign to force Kraft Foods to stop using yellow No. 5 and yellow No. 6 dyes in its macaroni and cheese (the dyes are not used in European versions of the products) escalated Tuesday when a food blogger delivered 270,000 petition signatures to Kraft headquarters in Chicago. - Glenn Collins Cocktail Buzz: On the curious pleasures of dipping into old cookbooks. - Jeff Gordinier The Athens Banner-Herald: What did soldiers eat during the civil war? Hardtack, salt pork and something most unappetizingly called a "worm castle." - Melissa Clark Details: What are the best snacks to counter your afternoon slump? - Jeff Gordinier The New York Post: More customers are ordering manhattans at local bars. Bartenders call it the "Mad Men" effect. - Maria Newman Inhabitat: A Vermont farmer is hoping to raise $15,000 on Kickstarter to sail produce to New York down the Hudson River. - Emily Weinstein The Guardian: "I mean, I don't hate baking, of course, but if I turn on the telly and see another twee girl making cupcakes, I'm going to jump out of the window," the British food star Gizzi Erskine says. It bores me; everything is very safe. You will never see me cooking to camera, really sweet and lovely, because it's just not me. Also, don't go comparing her to Nigella Lawson, people. - Jeff Gordinier The Washington Post: It hasn't been released yet, but the cookbook Gwyneth Paltrow helped write is already selling well. The Post writes that "we love to hate her, but we'll buy her cookbook anyway." - Maria Newman