Are you ready for Idaho wine?; food photography tips from the pros: Restaurant Crawl

The Restaurant Crawl: A (somewhat) regular roundup of (mostly) national restaurant news, links and more.

Are you ready for Idaho wine?: The Gem State now boasts 50 wineries, mostly found in the Snake River Valley west of Boise. (Seattle Times)

Portland’s best burger: Have you voted for your favorite burger in Portland yet? The poll closes Friday at noon. (The Oregonian)

Food photography tips: The basics — back up, seek natural light and make sure the food looks good to begin with. (Bloomberg)

Some like it hot: Do you add Sriracha to your pho? You’re doing it all wrong, writes a man who once lived in Vietnam. (BA)

Restaurant Three-peat: Here are the three Portland restaurants I would return to soonest. (The Oregonian)

Headed to SXSW?: Line up for milk-and-cookie shots from cronut inventor Dominique Ansel. (Eater)

Accurate:

Are fried brussels sprouts the new bacon?

— ali jepson (@alijepson) March 6, 2014

— Michael Russell