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Links for the last couple of days

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Lost a bunch of links yesterday when I was playing catch up. Need to cull my feeds again. Also, sometimes when I’m composing a post I’m navigated away to a page with a 404 error (presumably when it’s auto-saving) so occasionally I lose stuff that way.

  • Master’s thesis in food porn? Makes me miss school. [Canada.com]
  • Decaffeinated Coffee: What Are You Really Drinking?  [City News] I knew that there’s some caffeine in caffeinated coffee but I don’t remember if I knew how much.
  • ‘Unacceptable’ Fat, Salt Content In Kids’ Meals [City News] Are we surprised? East Side Mario’s answer- that is, it’s the customer’s responsibility – is such a cop out even though I agree a small amount. Good for Laura DiBattista to be doing these segments.
  • More Vitamin K benefits in the news: Study strengthens Vitamin K1′s heart benefits [NutraIngredients.com]
  • No conclusive link between diet and ADHD. [Nutraingredients.com] This one angers me. I KNOW there’s a link. I’ve experienced that link. At least they admit that diet-based theories could still be right. Why not wait until the link is conclusive before publishing something. Ah, right, that’s how the academic world works. My initial reaction was “Harvard Medical School can “STFU” or “kiss my ADHD-inflicted ass” but then I made myself read the entire thing (you know, focus on it) and felt slightly assuaged.
  • More on Germany’s Red Bull ban, as I posted yesterday (er, today, or Thursday – whenever I post this).  Food Politics, Fooducate, Disease Proof. That’s only from my RSS feeds. I’m sure that a Google search would yield more. (In Ontario we only ban pit bulls – I’d rather see Red Bull banned, but the only pit bull I know is a super affectionate one named Princess.)
  • Dana McCauley is getting ready for doughnut day (June 1). Are you?
  • Meghan milks a post about milk and calcium, and even if she hadn’t used a similar pun as her post title I would have. [Making Love in the Kitchen] – Yep, sometimes I like to have an actual flow to how I list links. Segues. Rational structure.
  • It’s nice to see mainstream newspapers review kosher restaurants. In the Globe and Mail, Joanne Kates reviews two.
  • Due to an increase in noise complaints from residents, the city (Toronto) has put a year-long moratorium on restaurant and bar licences being issued to spots on the Ossington strip. As the National Post says, “Ossington Avenue just became a victim of its own popularity.” [National Post]
  • This is hilarious: ToFLU: Next Pandemic to Hit Vegetarians [Treehugger]
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Friday's links.

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(Same day for a change. W00T!)

  • Overweight Moms More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids [HealthDay]
  • Multivitamins Might Prolong Life [HealthDay] (But they’re not a replacement for a healthy diet, of course)
  • Orange juice shelf-life may be extended by natural chitosan [FoodNavigator]
  • Illustrated Guide to Steak Cuts, Plus Grilling Tips [Serious Eats]
  • Corey Mintz on how he choses restaurants to review. [Toronto Star]

Looking forward to the opening of the Brickworks farmer’s market tomorrow!

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Links for Tuesday and the days prior

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  • Ten Low Emission, High Protein Foods [Treehugger]
  • Another case for probiotics: Following a gluten-free diet may be detrimental to gut health, which may also affect immune health [Food Navigator]
  • Protein-fibre combo offers ‘promising’ gluten-free options [Food Navigator]
  • Fight Fatigue With Delicious Food [Slashfood]
  • Beauty foods: What you eat as important as makeup, skin products [Newsday]. (Not that this is news.)
  • Belgian city goes vegetarian one day per week in order to promote sustainable and healthy living.Belgian city world’s first to go vegetarian, one day a week [National Post and others such as The Guardian ]
  • A List of Street Food Vendors (in the U.S.) Using Twitter [Serious Eats]
  • On the topic of food vendors, Toronto’s new “a la carte” program was rolled out yesterday. Among the news coverage: Cheap Eats Toronto, City NewsToronto Star. In his review in the Toronto Star, Corey’s expresses an overall opinion that is unfavourable, calling the food “bland” (maybe I should have said “unfLavourable”). The comments to the story are telling as well. Lauren from BlogTO had a much different – and more positive – experience (also, one of the commenters takes a dig at Corey). Torontoist‘s Kaori called the chicken souvlaki “sensational”. She liked the biryani and called the the jerk chicken “delicious”. Now I’ve got to taste for myself.
  • Taste T.O is looking for writers! And once again I question whether I have enough confidence in my writing ability to apply.
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Some food science, some good headlines, good causes…

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This week there have been a bunch of stories about the price of healthy food in relation to health:

  • Another reason I want to go back to Israel. Soon. I was there exactly one year ago but didn’t go to Acre/Akko. I don’t recall if I’ve ever been there. I’m intrigued by its history. Napoleon (aka “The short dead dude”) tried to take it. “but after a siege of two months (March–May) was repulsed by the Turks” [wikipedia]. Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Francis of Assisi and Marco Polo visited [source]. Alas, no one heeded Rufus’ advice to “Be excellent to each other.”
  • The Philladelphia Inquirer has tips on cooking beans from scratch. I made beans from scratch late last week, first soaking them for almost 24 hours (I changed the water three times) and then cooking them in the slow cooker. 4 hours on low, and then another 45min or so on high. I cooked them with a couple of bay leaves. The resulting flavour reminded me of cholent without the flavourings or other vegetables.
  • From the “I don’t know if I’d ever make it but it sure looks good” department: Homemade Chocolate Liqueur. If you try it let me know what it was like.
  • …And this is like food porn to me: Sticky Toffee Cakelets. I’m less likely to make these than the chocolate liqueur.

Finally…

The point of Lunch Money Day is for people to take the money that they’d normally spend eating lunch out and donate it to Second Harvest…. Every dollar donated buys 2 meals, so every donation goes a long way to feeding the hungry.

On that note, did you see my previous post about MAZON Canada’s fundraiser on Wednesday February 18?

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Mass listeria, local events, science, coffee meets computer technology and more

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  • More on the local front: I’ve been wanting to check out Harvest Wednesdays at the Gladstone Hotel for awhile and will have to this fall. The Slow Food Toronto-Evergreen annual Picnic at Don Valley Brick Works (now called “Evergreen Brick Works”, but I still sometimes call the Rogers Centre the “Skydome”) is coming up on September 14.

I’ve been interested in it for awhile but tickets are over $100. Yesterday Taste T.O. posted a call for volunteers and I think I’m going to do it. I usually forget that volunteering is a way to have costly experiences for free. They need 100 volunteers. Check it out and let me know if you decide to register either as a volunteer or as a participant.

  • I’d heard of tea cozies, but fruit cozies?? I suppose that if I were to take up knitting they’d make a good starter project, but fruit cozies??
  • Vineyards in California going to pot, or pot going to vineyards. Using concord grape vineyards to hide marijuana fields. I doubt that Ontario growers will follow this model, but you never know. I recall reading that the concord grape vineyards in the Niagara Region were in jeopardy but I can’t find anything about this online so maybe I’m imagining it.
  • A clock that’s similar to a cuckoo clock but releases chocolate at regular intervals. The Swiss created cuckoo clocks and they’re known for their chocolate. Perhaps this was an inspiration for the product?
  • Weird:  Fast food “cutlery” that you use by slippings your fingers into the pockets.  Click the “DesignBoom” link to see how it actually works.
  • The San Francisco Chronicle weighs in on essential kitchen tools. I’m now adding chinois to my list. For awhile I’ve been wanting new knives, a salad spinner (briefly had one, it broke and I can’t seem to properly wash greens), and candy thermometer.  When I get married my gift registry will have a food processor, stand mixer (I swoon over Kitchenaid) and ice cream maker. Right now my kitchen and budget are too small for these appliances. I’ve chosen my kitchen tools while single. Priorities.
  • Latte printer art. It has wide application. I imagine a kid using this to write “Happy mother’s day” in the foam of mom’s cappucino, but also corporations using it in business meetings and at trade shows.
  • Cooking omelets sous vide style. That is, in a sealed plastic bag submerged in simmering water. The article doesn’t mention the words “sous vide”. I remembered it on my own, having read about it – once – in The Elements of Cooking. Go me. Go memory. I still need to buy that book, since I’d borrowed it from the library and didn’t read the entire thing.