What’s Cooking – Monday, February 8th

Here's what's cooking around town today...

We're boycotting the big O (no, not Oprah... the sports thing) over the "burger" debate, but we're happy to see that the tasty cheese shortbread from Sprucewood Handmade Cookie Co will be in the spotlight. [Toronto Star]

Following in the footsteps of the Toronto Star and other publications that scoop themselves online before releasing their print version, Toronto Life offers up 9 new restaurant reviews before the magazine hits mailboxes and newsstands. Why even bother with a paper version if you're gonna do it this way, folks? [Toronto Life: Daily Dish]

What we know about flour - they're not all equal when it comes to baking, and "Ruhlman's Rules" don't always apply. What we don't know - anything about Timtana, flour made from timothy grass... cool. [Foodie and the Everyman]

Raw, raw! Live expands their raw vegan offerings to prepared items available at health food stores. [Mmm, Tasty!]

Some broads want hearts and flowers for Valentine's Day. Me, I just want a mighty selection of stouts and porters. The line for Black Sunday forms behind me, yo. [Bar Volo]

We've had rules for restaurant staff, rules for diners, and now a list of things restaurant owners should never do. [The Jolly Inebriate]

I rejected the idea of heading down the the PATH simply to pick up a Red Prince apple last week, because, like Lauren, the campaign rubbed me the wrong way, but it turns out they're pretty tasty apples. Which you absolutely do not have to go into the PATH for, but can find in a number of local supermarkets. [BlogTO]

We talk a lot about finding ways to grow foreign products here in Ontario, but ginseng has been grown here for centuries. [Gremolata]

No! Shh!! While I adore the guys at Local Kitchen and Wine Bar, I think all you food writers should stop covering them. That way, the restaurant might occasionally have a free table available for the actual locals (like me!). [Inside Toronto: Menumental]

And in Food For Thought - camel burgers, loving canned food, and the war over the use of hte word "burger". [Save Your Fork]