Here's what's cooking around town today...
There's some hiccups in the service at Arepa, but Steven Davey enjoys the Venezuelan sandwiches and the decadent desserts. [NOW]
What's that? The US FDA is actually making noises about cracking down on companies that advertise junk food to kids? Watch for all the whining and creating of loopholes. [National Post]
The Toronto A La Carte programme gets a nod as a villain of the year by Torontoist. While the site originally sang the praises of the street food cart program, they've finally come around to see what the rest of us already knew - that it's lame, overly restrictive and kind of boring, food-wise. [Torontoist]
In a multi-cultural city, it stands to reason that we're all creating our own food-related traditions over the holidays. [Toronto Star]
Not sure why Metro is reviewing the older location of Harlem when a new location of the restaurant just opened on Queen West, or why a daily mainstream publication is running what really are very jarring flash photos of menu items (flash makes food look slimy, yo... ick), but we can agree with the assessment of Harlem as a truly fabulous restaurant. [Metro]
Shopping for an oenophile? They might like these wine gewgaws. [Toronto Star]
Why are there so many Friendly Thai locations, and how can it be that they're not connected? [BlogTO]
