CRFA Show 2009

At last, some of our photos from the 200 CRFA Show held March 8-10 in Toronto.

(just click on any of the images above to see the full photo set over on Flickr)

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That’s okay … we never said we were exclusive … *sniff*

Writing Newsbite is occasionally challenging, because it operates in a kind of “in between” space — I know a lot about the industry, but I’m not *in* it, and I’m no more qualified to write about how to make a good curry than I am to write about string theory.  Except to note that I’m [...]

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He’s eating seafood stew … how about you?

According to Ipsos Reid, one third (32%) of adult Canadians plan to watch or listen to the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday.  That’s more than 7.5 million of us tuning in tomorrow at lunch.
Which has me wondering: what’s for lunch?
Here at the office it’ll be people-pleasin’ pizza pie.
Down in Washington, things are understandably [...]

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Mooking: synonymous with (but does not rhyme with) cooking

As promised, more on Roger Mooking!
Our media release says this:
 
Whether in the kitchen, the recording studio or on-stage at the CRFA Show, Roger Mooking makes it sizzle. A third-generation restaurateur, Mooking trained at George Brown College and Epic at the Fairmont Royal York, and is now co-owner and Executive Chef at Toronto’s cutting-edge Kultura [...]

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No relation to “Subservient Chicken”

Several years ago, a friend of mine introduced me to the term “desperation chicken.”
That’s the pre-cooked/roasted whole chicken that you pick up at from the deli counter at the grocery store, because it’s already 7:30 p.m. and there is no way in Hollandaise sauce you are going to go home and make a whole dinner [...]

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