Five out of five dentists with kids in college approve

This quick What-The-Fondue moment brought to you via Slashfood:
Mocha, a UK company with a eccentric home gadget line — specializing in items like Swarovski crystal egg crackers and mugs with built-in cookie holders — now offers these tres barbarique drink coolers. The Nordic Rock stone ice cubes are genuine chunks of “pollution-free base rock” mined [...]

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In Ontario, the budget for dinner gets thinner

Last week, Ipsos Reid released a study showing that nearly three-quarters (72%) of Ontarians who regularly buy groceries for their household agree that they are dining in more often in order to reduce their expenses, results that skew even higher with younger shoppers (78%) and parents (82%).
The study also notes that “with the recent economic [...]

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On eating meat and salvation by Susur

If you’re looking for photos from Day 1 of the Canadian Chefs’ Congress,
scroll on down … the link is just two posts below this one.
When I found out last week that I had the opportunity to attend the Canadian Chefs’ Congress, I knew I had to make a quick decision: to eat or not [...]

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Also overheard at the Canadian Chefs’ Congress

If you’re looking for photos from Day 1 of the Canadian Chefs’ Congress,
scroll on down … the link is in the post immediately below this one.
The last photo in the set I posted yesterday was of the team from Cava/Xococava making churros con chocolate during the event’s Midnight Kitchens. I thought it was a [...]

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Canadian Chefs’ Congress 2008

At last, some photos from the first day of the 2008 Canadian Chefs’ Congress held at Eigensinn Farm, near Singhampton, Ontario.
Unfortunately I couldn’t attend on the second day, which featured more meals with a local food focus, and a series of workshops on sustainable agriculture and Canadian foods that I was sad to miss.

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Overheard at the Canadian Chefs’ Congress

I got back very late last night, after attending the first day of the 2008 Canadian Chefs’ Congress.
It was a fantastic event and I’ll no doubt be blogging about it for the rest of the week, but while I spend the next couple of hours editing photos, here’s a funny conversation overheard near the Nunuvut/NWT/Yukon [...]

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