Sampler Platter: From the Serious Eats Team

Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe ...

• Cocktail connoisseur Paul Clarke had to wrinkle out a few complications for Tales of the Cocktail, but sounds like everything ended up being A-OK in the end. [The Cocktail Chronicles]
• Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant embarks on a bluegill fishing trip in Missouri with his dad. [Hungry Mag]
• Leah Greenstein finds inspiration in a cocktail and cools down with cucumber sorbet. [SpicySaltySweet]
• Cooking with Kids contributor Matthew Amster-Burton gives us a peek at two new books: Betsy Block's The Dinner Diaries and Chad Ward's An Edge in the Kitchen. [Roots and Grubs]

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