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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Coming soon to a sleepless city near you …

With apologies to Central Canadians, I just stumbled across this schedule this very day: 2009 Canadian Regional Barista Championships
The middle-of-the-map event has already come and gone, but there are three more competitions still to come, in Eastern Canada, Western Canada and the Prairies.  These events are open to the public, who can watch with jittery [...]

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Why yes, I would like a lick of your flavour bar*

I know there are many who think that bacon-with-everything has been played out — though as a vegetarian, I beg to differ — and yet who among us would turn down the opportunity test-drive a bacon-flavoured lollipop?
Ranking #4 in the list of “Seven Bacon Products You Probably Didn’t Know Existed,” Das Foods’ brilliantly named Man [...]

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(Almost) too neat to eat

(from my friend Jehn via Facebook, as seen on Neatorama, who scooped it from UniqueDaily)
At first I just thought this was an attractive depiction of a Sudoku pizza … after spending more time than was probably necessary tracking the zucchini around the surface, I finally realized that it’s an accurate depiction of a Sudoku pizza:

Awesome!

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More clicky-clicky, piccy-piccy

We’ll be posting our own photos from the CRFA Show shortly, but in the meantime, check out these luscious food shots from the show, found on Flickr.
Our photos probably won’t make you drool in quite the same way, but I promise they’ll be worth checking out.  Soon!

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It’s pronounced “edaYUMay”

Earlier this month, Merriam-Webster announced some of the new words that will be added to the 2008 edition of its Collegiate Dictionary. Valleywag took the initiative to contact the company, and came up with a list of 25 of the roughly 100 new words that made the cut.
Interestingly, more than a few have a [...]

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