Here's what's cooking around town today...
Got a penchant for exotic meat? Ask for it well done, lest you end up with trichinosis like some French travellers who ate grizzly bear in Nunavut. [National Post]
What do chefs want for Christmas? A selection of cooks from across the country share their wish lists and offer up suggestions on where to get good kitchen stuff. [Gremolata]
More gifty stuff (seriously... are you people not finished shopping yet? It's not like you didn't have a whole 12 months to get this done!) in the form of epicurean delights. [Toronto Life: Daily Dish]
Those girly gourmet burger places don't hold a candle to the old skool "genuine burger experience". From the POV of someone who writes about and keeps up on the local trends, I've gotta say, guy's got a point. [National Post: Posted Toronto]
Got a quince bush? Get it registered! 2009 was a bad year for the local quince crop, but the sour little things make awesome jam and the folks from Not Far From the Tree will happily come harvest them for you - which is fab because those bushes have thorns! [Not Far From the Tree]
I stopped working in offices because of all that faux "rah rah team spirit" stuff, but that might be because no office I ever worked in had a gingerbread house competition at Christmas! Check out some of these cool cookie digs! [The Vong Way]
If you're thinking of volunteering at a hostel or soup kitchen for Christmas, you've probably already missed the boat. But those places still need your donations and you can always volunteer your time in the off-season, when they need help just as much. [BlogTO]
Remember that diet back in the 90s where we were all supposed to count grams of fat instead of calories? How'd that work out for those of you who tried it? Not so much, eh? [National Post]
Also - the new issue of City Bites is out now. With articles on quick party tips by Signe Langford (who doesn't love a box of oysters?), open face sandwiches by Laura Calder and some Canadian cookbook recommendations by Malcolm Jolley.
And in Food For Thought - why our Chinatown(s) rock (and kick Manhattan's butt), eating within our "regional foodshed", and why you really don't want a traditional Victorian Christmas dinner. [Save Your Fork]
