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Bits and Bites February 2010

Where's the Montreal en Lumiere round up?  No one is talking much about the festival events or critiquing the meals??  Besides a few tweets and some brief and random reviews about everything but the food served, few are speaking up..  Meanwhile most of the events were booked.  It's bizarre.  Maybe they are saving it for a post festival essay (once the chefs are gone).

A snapshot of Eastern township chefs' dinners  http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/shopchopeat/default.aspx

On the hot ticket at Toqué  http://www.cyberpresse.ca/opinions/chroniqueurs/marie-claude-lortie/201002/26/01-4255471-arola-rocker-moleculaire.php

Greening the Olympics  Not food related per say, but Olympics talk is everywhere these days, and this proposition makes so much sense – I’m in!  http://www.grist.org/article/2010-02-16-want-to-green-the-olympics-stop-moving-them-around

Pork dinners are the big thing  http://ny.eater.com/archives/2010/02/the_breslins_suckling_pig_dinners_a_new_challege_to_bo_ssam.php

Aquaponics – a greener greenhouse with fish to eat  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/garden/18aqua.html

Great Canadian Food and Food Stories with Nathalie Cooke :  Professor Nathalie Cooke, Editor in Chief of Cuizine, will give a lecture on Thursday, February 11 at 6:30pm at the Eleanor London Côte Saint-Luc Public Library on the rich history and culture of Canadian food.  http://elcslpl.org/programs/courseslectures/courses.htm

Aphrodisiacs on the menu

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/dining/10erotic.html?

The Naked truth about aphrodisiacs, some recipes

http://leitesculinaria.com/9995/writings-history-of-aphrodisiacs.html?

The new chef at Laloux is Seth Gabrielse, a Racha Bassoul protégé 

http://endlessbanquet.blogspot.com/2010/01/calling-all-anise-fans-calling-all.html

Yoga and foodie culture meet and collide

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/dining/27yoga.html

Mile End, the new Montreal style Jewish deli in NYC can’t keep up with demand

http://ny.eater.com/archives/2010/02/following_meat_shortages_week_old_mile_end_closes_to_regroup.php

Michael Pollan talks simple food rules on Oprah

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01-28-michael-pollan-sets-food-rules-on-oprah