We have a star-studded cast available to answer your questions this week on Food Network’s Facebook page.

Join us Monday at 3:30pm EST on the Food Network Facebook page to chat with past Food Network Star winner Melissa d’Arabian about the release of her first cookbook, Ten Dollar Dinners.

And on Tuesday we’ll be hosting a chat with Robert Irvine on the Food Network Facebook page to talk about the 50th Restaurant: Impossible episode, which will premiere August 22 at 9p/8c. We’ll also be chatting about Wedding: Impossible, a special presentation that airs Saturday August 18 at 10p/11c and features Robert’s wedding to professional wrestler Gail Kim.

Mark your calendars and get your questions ready for Melissa and Robert.

Most restaurant chains keep their most popular recipes under lock and key, but Food Network Magazine has created exact copies of the dishes, like this week’s Most Popular Pin of the Week: Cheesecake Pancakes.

Chunks of creamy cheesecake are incorporated into a classic pancake batter and each flapjack is cooked until golden brown and topped with a sweet strawberry sauce, featuring fresh berries and strawberry jam. Top each stack with a dollop of whipped cream or a pat of butter.

For more recipes that are sure to kick-start your morning off right, visit Food Network’s Let’s Rise & Shine board on Pinterest.

Oftentimes, we may have a hard time understanding a dish’s popularity. Like last week’s holiday cookie craving. Who saw that one coming? Well, this week’s Most Popular Pin of the Week, Food Network Magazine‘s French Chocolate Pots de Crème, needs no explanation.

If there’s anything we love, it’s chocolate. Lots of it. As athletes skitter across our televisions on a nightly basis, there’s no better time to curl up on the couch with a little pot of custard in your lap. Each one is brimming with bittersweet chocolate and all things fluffy and light. Really, there’s nothing like submerging a spoon into something so rich and, well, it beats running the 100-meter dash.

For more recipes that prove perfect for couch-bound Olympics viewing, visit Food Network’s Let’s Game Day board on Pinterest.

The Daily Meal: Even on the road, Robert Irvine eats well and stays fit. It may be easier than you think.

NPR: Wondering where all the watermelon seeds went? Don’t worry, the seedless variety tastes the same as the black-seeded, traditional kind.

Nation’s Restaurant News: Pickles are trending and on the rise amongst restaurant menus.

Huffington Post: The cupcake craze carries on. The world’s largest cupcake mosaic features more than 1,000 pounds of cupcakes.

And to think that we were cursing away the snow and the sleet just months ago — now, it’s hot. It’s so hot that untimely images of snow boots, defrost buttons and holiday cookies are wafting into our minds — on Pinterest, at least. In fact, this week’s most popular pins were all about holiday cookies, with Chocolate Cheesecake Candy Cane Bars, Oatmeal Cream Cheese Butter Scotch Bars and Lemon Ricotta Cookies With Lemon Glaze leading the pack. Hey, they may be holiday cookies, but who’s stopping you from whipping up a batch right now?

Save for the wishes for winter weather, why all of the holiday cookie buzz? This year, Food Network is leaving it to the pinners to choose one of the featured cookies for the 12 Days of Cookies celebration. Whether you love a good snickerdoodle or crave ginger snaps, it just takes a re-pin to place your vote.

For more recipes like this — and to vote for your favorite — visit Food Network’s Let’s Vote: Holiday Cookies board on Pinterest.

Associated Press: The Greek yogurt craze continues to go strong, with top yogurt makers opening “yogurt bars” in New York City.

Healthland: Pop-up grocery stores may help solve the problem of “food deserts.”

Bon Appétit: It’s all about portion control — and using a colorful plate for dinner just may be the key to your success.

Laughing Squid: Obsessed with Instagram? Now you can turn all your favorite filtered snapshots into chocolates aka “cocoagraphs.”

NY Times: What are your Olympic athletes eating this summer? While most people worry about too many calories, they “have the unusual problem of having to work hard to keep weight on.”

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Around this time of year, we start pining for the holiday season again — the chill in the air, the hum of the holidays and above all else, the delicious treats. To help combat the pining, we’ve started pinning and we’re inviting you to pin along with us. This year, Food Network fans will select one of the featured cookies in our 12 Days of Cookies celebration.

To participate: Log onto Pinterest and visit Food Network’s Let’s Vote: Holiday Cookies board. To cast your vote, simply re-pin the cookie you like best to one of your personal boards. Voting will close on July 31, at which point we’ll tally the re-pins. The cookie with the highest re-pin count on the Let’s Vote: Holiday Cookies board will be crowned the winner.

Get your glass of milk ready and get your holiday cookie game faces on — pin away!

Nix the scrolling on Pinterest and get to the good stuff. Each Sunday, look to FN Dish for Food Network’s Most Popular Pin of the Week.

What are people pinning? These days, it’s all about summer. Take this week’s most popular pin, Food Network Magazine’s Lobster Roll recipe, as a prime example. Packed with buttery morsels of in-season lobster pulled straight from the sea, these overflowing rolls epitomize the quintessential carefree summer.

For more recipes like this, visit the summer’s Let’s Get Seasonal board on Pinterest.

Eater: Food meets comedy as Bobby Flay guest stars in Portlandia: The Brunch Special this Friday.

NY Post: American comfort food is getting trendier and often more expensive. How do you feel about its glamorous makeover?

The Guardian: Culinary child prodigies are serving up inventive, sophisticated food. It’s no gimmick.

Huffington Post: Yes, there is such a thing as a 7-Eleven mashed potato machine. It has, however, yet to reach the U.S.

Typewich: Need to break up your monotonous sandwich routine? Typewich.com presents a new combo idea each time you refresh the page.