by Claire Lassam | Presenting Scout’s weekly Food Media Omnibus, a collection of links to the local and international food stories of the day…

Design*Sponge makes sweet potato gnocchi.

NYTimes talks about ghostwriting cookbooks, aka my dream job. Racheal Ray denies the implication.

The history of the LA food scene is discussed in the LATimes.

Andrew Morrison talks about the coming of The Sardine Can in the WE.

If your’re beyond the green jello shot stage of your life, perhaps you should bake with Guinness? Bon Appetit gives you recipes.

Umm…Chocolate Stout Pie. Enough said.

But, if you prefer your stout savoury you can pair it with oysters too (The Province).

In other shellfish news, it’s Alaskan crab season and Alexandra Gill is into it.

From sketches in the Fannie Farmer to the coffee table cookbooks of late, Boston.com looks into the foodporn trend.

Mia Stainsby talks about Refuel closing and a Top Chef competitor taking its place.

I don’t know what a gorse flower is, but I think I want to make this wine (c/o The Guardian).

The North Shore News talks pho.

Lastly, if we needed another reason to go to Venice, Saveur gives it to us with cicheti.

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Claire Lassam is a baker, blogger, and freelance writer based in East Van. She has been cooking and baking her way through the city for nearly five years, working in restaurants ranging from Cioppino’s to Meat & Bread. She currently toils at Beta 5 Chocolates and runs the baking blog Just Something Pretty.

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