In the local food movement, the one thing people always seem to have trouble finding is wheat and grains. Look no more! Kim Honey of the Toronto Star interviews Sean McGivern, a farmer from Owen Sound who grows organic grain, as well as meat and eggs. And speaking of organic, the Star also has a piece on the new organic guidelines that will come into effect at the end of the year as well as a glossary of other labelling terms.

Also in the Star, Tamsyn Burgmann visits Burbs Bistro and Bar, Kim Honey reports that Ace Bakery has been sold to an investment company based in Chicago, and Josh Rubin discovers the delight of being a chocoholic beer drinker.

At the Toronto Sun, Rita DeMontis visits the President’s Choice test kitchen where they claim they’ve already finished putting together the Christmas menu for the Insider’s Report. DeMontis also visits Le Pain Quotidien for some bread around the communal table. Elizabeth Baird has her food news round-up including a bit about how Maxwell House is now being made from 100% Arabica coffee beans, which means that it was previously made with crappy robusta beans. Maybe not so good to the last drop. A second news round-up by Baird previews the Green Living show and discusses local cooking classes.

Out of season melons and the people who import them suffer the wrath of John Allemang at the Globe and Mail, while Chef Massimo Capra cooks up Osso Bucco. Sue Riedl enjoys some oozy Quebec Riopelle cheese, and Leslie Beck looks at the lack of nutritional labelling on restaurant menus.

The “Sunday Dinner” interview at the Globe this week is Cassie Campbell, and Alexandra Gill offers up west coast food news. In a Reuters piece, Sophie Hardach looks at the Japanese trend towards pub grub, or izakaya, and Beppi Crosariol joins Terry David Mulligan to talk about his weekly radio show The Tasting Room. Wonder what TDM likes better - talking about wine or asking inane questions of Duran Duran?

And finally, at the National Post, it looks like the bulk of their mid-week food coverage is being directed to their blog, The Appetizer. In the paper version, there is only Amy Rosen’s article about hammams -Moroccan spas with tea, and some crazy-ass French scheme to feed people dinner while they’re hoisted 50 metres in the air. They call it “Dinner in the Sky” - I call it “Look out below! I’ve dropped my fork!”