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Interview with Toqué team after book launch www.montrealgazette.com/life/food-wine/Toqué+cookbook+Chowing+down+with+Normand+Laprise/7452457/story.html

Normand Laprise, personnalité de la semaine, chef de l’année – on parle de son livre, sa vision, son parcours..  http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/regional/personnalites-la-presse/201210/29/01-4588080-normand-laprise.php

About wine and context: Bill, the non-snob of a somellier has another real life tidbit to share http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/food-wine/Bill+Zacharkiw+Context+counts+when+tasting/7456896/story.html

Good reasons to buy local AND fair-trade  They go hand in hand when you live in a Nordic country and care about quality, sustainability and community, and like an occasional imported treat.  Buy local what can be had locally and favour that.  But coffee, tea, bananas and etc. don’t grow here, and some countries can make a living off of it with fair trade. Why not nourish a global economy that makes sense alongside the local.  Fair-trade is necessary when it comes to dealing far from the source, especially in underdeveloped countries where the laws are sketchy and exploitation is common. http://www.visualnews.com/2011/10/12/going-local-vs-fair-trade-what-food-buy-is-better/

Grant Achatz’s note to self  ://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50133217n

Avoiding wheat is not necessarily the solution to better health, unless you have celiac disease  http://www.wellnessletter.com/ucberkeley/feature/wheatophobia-will-avoiding-wheat-really-improve-your-health/#

Marc Vetri shares advice to young cooks – bang on! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-vetri/advice-young-chefs_b_1939356.html

Cooks Illustrated, Christopher Kimball ‘Cooking isn’t creative and it isn’t easy..’ He should be revered for focusing on the basics - a great mag for beginners, or anyone wanting to get to the bottom of a recipe.  I bought it all the time as a young cook.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/magazine/cooks-illustrateds-christopher-kimball.html?ref=magazine&_r=0

Foods to think twice about..  Most of these are givens for anyone connected to their food supply; I’m only reluctant to discourage Que apples for some ‘organic’ import. Again, it’s about choosing your producer (or supplier that isn’t more than a degree of separation away), the one who takes care with his mix of varieties and extra work to minimize inputs..  http://www.rodale.com/7-foods-you-should-never-eat?

Toqué’s book comes out Oct. 24^th  http://vimeo.com/43546384