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Montreal restaurant closings, openings and rumours

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/opinions/chroniqueurs/marie-claude-lortie/200911/14/01-921716-fourneaux-et-fermetures.php

Normand Laprise and Thermador – Les Produits Locaux videoclips featuring the chef visiting local producers with simple recipes ideas to encourage the average cook to eat local.

http://www.thermadorrealfood.ca/index_fr.html

Cuisine Canada Cookbook Awards – The winners

http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/archival_&_special_collections/the_collections/digital_collections/culinary/cuisine_canada/index.html

The ten weirdest things to eat - Chicken knees, Australian grubs, wriggling lobster, blood tongue sausage and such.. A preview of Extreme Cuisine. 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/food_and_travel/article6906033.ece

Way to go Michelle!   Montreal Pastry chef (Endless Banquet blog) is on a roll.  Some interesting recipes for the holiday season (or anytime) too.

http://endlessbanquet.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-in-september.html

Alongside Michelle (Obama), Sam Kass might be making a difference - even if ‘he is just a cook’.  That kind of criticism obviously really gets my back up, but whatever. It only makes me root for him more.  He seems like more of a politico or an activist than a pure bred cook, which is probably better for the agenda. She brought the circus of chefs in for show too.  Fun and games, all while getting the message across.  Slowly, who knows, the govt.- big ag affiliation might weaken if she keeps it up.

A white house chef who wears two hats http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/dining/04kass.html

Someone’s in the kitchen with Michelle

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/dining/04iron.html

Good news – a real knife shop in Montreal!  I remember fondling knives for hours in such a store in Vancouver a decade ago while my girlfriends stood by exasperated, eager to move on to shoes.  Now, I can head over to Laurier on my own and spend as much time in blade heaven as I want..  

http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/food-wine/Critic+Notebook+most+cutting+edge+store+city/2164666/story.html