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Nibbles: Female proportion, hospital “Iron Chef” and Food Network changes

Charting the new feminine ideal; punking Burger King customers; hospital cooking competitions; changes at the Food Network; and living without a car in LA.

TRIUMPH OF ITALIAN CHEF SHUFFLE

IN the fiercest three-way shootout since “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," a trio of Italian restaurants are gunning for glory and vindication. But the showdown between Fiamma, L'Impero and Alto has a happier ending than Sergio Leone's bloody...

U of T voted most vegetarian-friendly university

Yesterday, the Toronto Star reported that University of Toronto has been selected as the most vegetarian-friendly place of higher education in Canada! They beat out nine other Canadian schools in Peta2's second annual contest. The number one in the U.S. is Northwestern University in Chicago. Peta2 is the youth wing of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Recently, they stopped by U of T's New College residence dressed in a pig suite to hand out the award, lunch and cake. Vegetarian and ...

Kermit the Frog eats a cupcake

From Flickr user hello naomi

Noël Anglais Part II : les bouchées apéritives, British Christmas part II : Finger Food

Finger sandwiches : Cucumber & cream cheese / egg & chives Mini blinis with Scottish Smoked salmon and horseradish sour cream Stilton and Porcini Mushroom bite-size pies Mini sandwiches : Concombre & St moret / oeufs & ciboulette Mini blinis et Saumon Fumé d’Ecosse Mini tartelettes au fromage Stilton et Cèpes Left : Pavillion Road Market, near Sloane Square, London I am lucky enough to spend all my Christmas vacations in the French Alps, in my parents’ warm and cozy chalet. I ...

Saint Ecatarina

Yesterday, in Romania it was the saint Ecatarina! So we went to the "cafe Sistina" to have a dinner with Ecatarina! Nice food, but I was feeling strange during the night. Hier en Roumanie, c'etait la sainte-Ecatarina, alors on est alle au resto avec Ecatarina: le "cafe sistina", bonne bouffe, mais difficile a digerer. Queen Eca and her honor's lady Svenia Reine Eca, et dame de compagnie Svenia

Heston Blumenthal on snails as foodstuff and our preconceptions | Weekend | Guardian Unlimited

Heston Blumenthal on snails as foodstuff and our preconceptions | Weekend | Guardian Unlimited