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Bits and Bites

The future of food  Depressing.  Maybe I'm a romantic, but the further we stray from 'real food', the sadder our sort.  http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/20/tomorrows-food/

My François des Bois wins the Renaud Cyr, at the culinary chef/producer Oscars of Quebec; for being a pioneer - after a lifetime of picking and 25 years of eking out a living in the market of wild greens and mushrooms, introducing them to chefs and the general public, he certainly deserves the recognition.. http://www.hrimag.com/spip.php?article6631

A film with Charest Champlain of Bistro à Champlain, Quebec’s larger than life wine aficionado film Champlain

A food truck scene in Montreal this summer – a start!

http://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/cuisine/restaurants/201205/04/01-4522129-la-restauration-mobile-demenage.php

Top 100 world restaurant list shuns Montreal/Canada, who cares

http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/groan+another+restaurants+list/6570519/story.html

Six essays on the Ethics of Eating Meat – Very interesting, very important!  http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/20/magazine/ethics-eating-meat.html

Dandelion tea to fight cancer http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2012/04/20/wdr-dandelion-tea-research-grant.html

Revolution culinaire à Terre Neuve http://fr.canoe.ca/artdevivre/cuisine/article1/2011/09/16/18695356-24h.html

Veganism is not/ should not be an easy choice http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/04/17/is-veganism-good-for-everyone/a-choice-with-definite-risks

Big Ag farming does not work – nature rules; when will we learn that we have to work with nature and not against it..  Smallish, diversified, organic farms (and wild) is the only way to go.. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_folly_of_big_agriculture_why_nature_always_wins/2514/

Pink Slime – not a bad idea when dealing in industrial meat & derived products, but really we shouldn’t need/want this.  http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/the-pink-menace/?ref=opinion