Blog-A-Log – Saturday, August 15th

Here's what Toronto food bloggers are on about this week...

• Andrea the Gastronaut - butter tarts bring back fond memories of almost every Canadian childhood.
• Blog From Our Kitchen - those little yellow plums make great pie.
• Closet Cooking - plain old corn with butter is so passé - try it the Mexican way with cheese and cayenne pepper.
• CSAShare - while many cultures feature meat at special events, the meals in between are often focused on veggies. Which is a good plan of attack when you get a box of veggies every week.
• Dana McCauley - don't know your oats from groats? Dana's got a primer.
• Edible Tulip - Bulgar is the forgotten grain, but it's an important element of dishes like tabouleh.
• Equal Opportunity Kitchen - a visit to the Montreal location of O. Noir echoes many of the professional reviews - it's dark and the food's not great.
• Foodie and the Everyman - food teaches us the lessons of life.
• Get the Foodie411 - a visit to Boulevard Cafe.
• Gothic Epicures VinCuisine - Dean selects the best of this week's Vintages releases.
• The Hungry Novelist - so many variations on the good ol' falafel. I'm digging the Israeli version with the French fries tucked into the pita.
• I'm a Big Food Nerd - checking out Tasty Thursdays at city hall, although Nerd seems to be confusing the milder Tibetan momos with flavour-punching gyoza.
• Kitchen Vixen - a good risotto is hard to find.
• Seven Spoons - Tara's description almost (almost) makes me want banana cream pie. (I'm more of a coconut cream girl, myself.)
• There's No Free Lunch on Bay Street! - discovering the amazing sandwich at Mustachio's.
• Unsweetened Cocoa - a little bit of peaches and corn - voila! salsa!
• Vegan Cookbook Critic - homemade buckwheat granola - this looks really cool!