Sink your teeth into today's top stories from around the globe.

• Preserving Southern heritage and barbecue through quilting. - New York Times Magazine

• After an Iraqi restaurant in Massachusetts is vandalized, veterans stage an eat-in to show their support. - Eater

• A call to arms against celery: "If God had created celery, it would only have two stalks, because that's the most that almost any recipe ever calls for." - The Skint Foodie Kitchen

• For a good craft beer, don't forget to tap the criticism.– Phoenix New Times

• As New York City's H&H Bagels shutters, an heir to the doughy throne makes himself known. - Wall Street Journal