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This Weekend in 'New York Times' Food News

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Spilled Milk: In a dispute over milk prices, German dairy farmers are dumping milk (above left).

Food in the Travel section: Culinary focus on Lima, Peru, Seattle, and the Hudson Valley of New York State (above right).

Molecular Backlash: Some chefs in Spain are causing controversy over their criticism of their avant-garde counterparts.

Green Washing: Fiji attempts to green up its image.

Zabar profiled: Saul Zabar, of the venerable New York City food purveyor that bears his name, is profiled on the ocassion of his 80th birthday.

Showcase Showdown: To sell and promote its Monogram appliance line directly to the public, General Electric leased a 10th-floor space in Manhattan and designed it with an unconventional layout.

Sustainable Sonoma: Family-run farms in California's wine country are promoting locally grown, sustainable food.

Summer Cook Books: Sam Sifton reviews the "summer season's most interesting new cookbooks." Plus a web "extra" of 20 more books.

Sugar Art: The Australian artist Timothy Horn has an exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco featuring a child-size Cinderella carriage encrusted in crystallized rock sugar.

Bubble Love: Bartenders and "drinks-minded mad-scientist types" have been developing methods of adding bubbles to drinks by carbonating the liquor or the entire cocktail itself.

Opinionated: Op-ed pieces on saving the ocean and industrial animal production.

Required Drinking: On attending the 20-week course given by The Sommelier Society of America in Midtown Manhattan.

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