Oh, to be in Scotland

I’m not sure if it’s a back-to-school thing, or a weather-getting-cooler thing, or a need-more-dietary-fibre thing, but lately I’ve been drawn to oatmeal.  And none of this flaky rolled-oats business, either.  I’m talking Scotch oats, aka: steel-cut oats, aka: a thousand other names).
This morning it was bothering me that I couldn’t remember the name of [...]

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It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world

This article from the New York Times appears to have two titles: “Sixties accuracy in every sip” and “When cocktails were office supplies.”  I personally prefer the latter, but I’d have read an article titled “You’re a big stupid loser” if it meant I could get another serving of my preferred poison, Mad Men.
I first [...]

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Films you can really sink your teeth into

I’ve been thinking of doing a blog post on this topic for awhile but am happy to have been scooped by CBC’s Things That Go Pop! blog.
Last week, in recognition of the opening weekend of Julie & Julia, Things That Go Pop featured a multi-course round-up of cinematic yum-yums in a post titled Delectable films [...]

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Fishy, fishy, fishy, FISH!

There are many, many brilliant food humour sites — The Gallery of Regrettable Food’s Meat!Meat!Meat! and the award-winning Cakewrecks come immediately to mind — and I don’t mean in any way to try to crowd in on their turf, but you have to know that I just could not let this one slide.
As I mentioned [...]

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Culinary archaeology

I have no official confirmation of this, for that would require walking up a flight of stairs and asking a question, but imagine my HORROR when I found these titles tucked away in an office alcove, seemingly destined for that Great Big Blue Box In The Sky:

Orlando Cuisine: The Menu and Dining Guide to Orlando’s [...]

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