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When you think of noodles, your line of thought might head straight to Italy, but you would be overlooking an even older noodle culture. Asian cuisine has featured noodles for centuries, and they can be made from more than just wheat and rice. Serious Eats has put together a comprehensive guide for choosing, storing, and cooking various types of Asian noodles.

In recent years, sheet pan cooking has taken the world by storm, due to its promise of easy assembly and cleanup, and also because sheet pan suppers look great on Instagram. Over at Eater you’ll find a rousing discussion of this trend, where they look at its origins and future. In addition, the article covers the promises made by proponents of sheet pan cooking, along with some of the method’s drawbacks.

French wine lovers living in the US can breathe a sigh of relief. Presidents Macron and Trump have agreed to a truce in the US/European trade war that halts the 100% tariffs that were set to go into effect on French products including wine and Le Creuset cookware. France is holding off on implementing its digital services tax until the end of 2020, and the tariffs are also on hold until then. You might want to stock up on French products in the meantime.

While Mediterranean cooking has long been popular, a neighboring cuisine has been overlooked – at least until now. Interest is growing in Balkan cooking, which shares some Mediterranean ingredients and methods but has its own unique character. Balkan countries (Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Bosnia and Herzegovina), have “an incredibly rich and storied food culture,” says food writer Katie Ayoub.