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The rise of the fake food-delivery app: You know the rush of online “window shopping,” where you put items into your cart as though you’re going to buy them, even if you have no intention of really doing so? This, according to a new report from Fast Company, has given way to a new site called Food Never Comes. It allows you to scroll through restaurants; build orders for meals like bibimbap, making customizations to the spice level and toppings (the latter of which come at an “upcharge”); and then “check out,” — all with no intention of actually ordering any food, but instead simulating the feeling of retail therapy. In Korea, where the site originated, it’s part of a new trend of “dopamine sites.”
This is why you can’t find the good cottage cheese: Early June saw the news of a whey shortage. Now, there’s a cottage cheese shortage. Thanks to TikTok and an increased focus on protein, which now sits at the top of RFK Jr.’s rejiggered food pyramid, cottage cheese has seen a massive spike in interest in recent years. Sales revenue at Good Culture alone has “roughly quadrupled in the past three years,” according to the New York Times. Major manufacturers are now pumping millions of dollars into increasing production of cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, and skyr, all of which are popular for their protein content.
Michelin announced its selections for California: On Wednesday, Michelin unveiled the 2026 Michelin Guide California. Los Angeles’s new one-star restaurants include Dave Beran’s Seline (Beran also won Best Chef: California at the recent James Beard Awards) and Marcus Jernmark’s Lielle; Jon Yao’s Kato became the only new two-star restaurant in the city. The Bay Area, meanwhile, got some big-deal recognition, with Californios from Val M. Cantú and Enclos from Brian Limoges both getting upgraded from two stars to three. In San Diego, Lucien from Elijah Arizmendi earned a star. For more analysis on the new Michelin Guide, read the latest edition of my colleague Matthew Kang’s newsletter Kangtown.
Ina Garten is “hoping to get ‘messy’” with a new podcast: The New York Times broke the news that the Barefoot Contessa star has committed to a new video podcast with Vox Media’s podcast network, after demand from many studios. The drinks-focused Happy Hour With Ina Garten will drop in September, with the actor Tom Holland apparently among Garten’s dream guests. Let’s hope for more of that Ina-drinking-from-massive-martini-glass energy. (Vox Media is Eater’s parent company.)
Dollywood, but make it a rest stop: In New Jersey, there’s Jon Bon Jovi Service Area. On Wednesday, Tennessee welcomed the opening of Dolly Parton’s Tennessean Travel Stop, off I-65 in Cornersville. It includes a grab-and-go barbecue restaurant, a general store with merch, and a dog park called Doggy Parton. “I couldn’t leave [truck stops] to beavers,” Parton joked at the opening, referring to the beloved Texas roadside institution Buc-ee’s.
A federal judge blocked state bans on food-stamp restrictions: Some states have been working to limit what SNAP recipients can buy with their benefits, primarily targeting soda, energy drinks, and candy. On Monday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from banning these purchases in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
A win for feminism: Canadian beer drinkers will soon be able to order a “tall girl,” not a tallboy, of Coors Light at Toronto’s Coca-Cola Coliseum. It’s part of a promotion that’ll be available at Toronto Tempo games on July 5 and July 8 and celebrates the team’s first WNBA season.
Mark Zuckerberg and toddlers everywhere have this in common: The Meta CEO did an interview with Emily Sundberg’s Feed Me, in which he described his perfect lunch as “chicken tenders.”
Speaking of Meta: Can princess cakes make AI glasses seem cool? The company tested that hypothesis with a Meta Glasses promotional party this week that was DJed by Peggy Gou and featured a spread of elaborate Laila Gohar creations. (I’d still say no, personally.)
On the Border filed for bankruptcy — again! It’s the second time in a year and a half.