Archive for the 'culture' Category
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This weeks episode is a review of the fancy sushi chain Ichiban and another volume of the Oishinbo series. Photos to come!
- Ichiban Sushi House Canada http://www.ichibansushi.com/
- Oishinbo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oishinbo
- Fish, Sushi and Sashimi @ Library Thing - http://www.librarything.com/work/7859273
Ep 62 - All In This Tea
All In This Tea - http://www.lesblank.com/more/TeaFilm.html
This week's episode is a day early for Halloween! We discuss the delicious food at a reputedly haunted pub, Halloween's origins and different foods associated with it as well as other holidays that offer food to the dead. More pictures to come!


This week's episode is a pubcast - as such, listener discretion is advised. There are a few eff bombs, and we are podcasting from a pub discussing adult beverages, so use your judgement when choosing to listen.
We discuss the documentary Beer Wars, which discusses how microbrews are fighting for space on shelves with the Big Three (Budweiser, Miller, Coors) in the USA. We also discuss other trivia, so pull your favourite pint (or other beverage) and tune in!
- Beer Wars - http://beerwarsmovie.com/
- Mike's Hard Lemonade (originating in Canada!)- http://www.mikeshardlemonade.ca/
- Dogfish Head - http://www.dogfish.com/
- Moon Shot Caffinated Beer - http://www.moonshotbeer.com/
- Sleeman Clear - http://www.sleeman.com/
- Gourmet Jello shots on book of joe - http://www.bookofjoe.com/2010/10/my-jello-americans-the-future-of-jello-shots.html
- How Jack Daniel Died - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Daniel
Happy Thanksgiving, Fellow Canadians!
This week's episode covers another installment of Oishimbo (this time an overview of Japanese cuisine), and reviews of a local Italian bakery and the Moon Festival offerings of Mandarin Buffet (pictures coming of the later as soon as they're off Tracy's phone).

- Oishimbo - Japanese Cuisine - http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/05/13/oishinbo-a-la-carte-1-japanese-cuisine/
- The Baker's Table (227 Bloor Street E, Oshawa ON, 905-435-1036) - http://www.yelp.ca/biz/bakers-table-oshawa
- Mandarin Buffet - http://www.mandarinbuffet.com/main.asp
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1410)Ep 58 - Chick N’ Joy
Pictures will be forthcoming - but here is out episode about a small but amazing fried chicken chain in Ontario - Chick N' Joy. We also talk a bit about the origins of fried chicken and why it is associated with certain demographics...
- Chick N' Joy - http://chicknjoy.com/
- Food for Thought: Race, Region, Identity, and Foodways in the American South by Beth A. Latshaw - http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/southern_cultures/v015/15.4.latshaw.html
- Soul Food - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_food
This week's episode talks about Kitchen Con by Trevor White, restaurant reviewing, 40 Creek Double Barrel Reserve and a bunch of other topics. We also went back to Azian, and had their house fried rice - expensive but SOOOOO good for a treat!

- Kitchen Con by Trevor White - http://www.kitchencon.com/index.htm">http://www.kitchencon.com/index.htm
- Glass House Grill - http://www.theglasshousegrille.com/
- Michelin Stars - http://www.michelinguide.com/us/index.html
- Ratatouille - http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/ratatouille/
- Zagat Guide - http://www.zagat.com/
- Lancaster PA Couple Arrested For Not Tipping - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6637437/Couple-arrested-over-theft-for-refusing-to-tip-in-restaurant.html
- Azian - http://www.azian.ca/
- 40 Creek Double Barrel Reserve - http://www.canadianwhisky.org/reviews/forty-creek-double-barrel-reserve-40-alc-vol.html
- 100 mile diet episode - http://zweifatchicks.podbean.com/2009/06/22/ep-7-take-two-100-mile-diet/
- canola/rapeseed - http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/rapeseed-colza/rcm-mrc-eng.htm
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1042)Ep 57 - Cereal
This week's episode covers a favourite of all school age people, whether you're going to kindergarden or college - CEREAL! We discuss healthy vs. sugary cereal, The Road To Wellville and how cold cereals were invented and a certain cereal bar that seems like a hippy/beatnik place but has a very different agenda behind it. Enjoy! 
- For more cute pics of The Little Beasts frolicking in cereal boxes, check out their website: http://www.littlebeasts.com/boston-terrier-photos/boston-terrier-cereal-killers.html
- Breakfast Around The World - http://ravenclawgirl.veoc.net/HouseElves/he_breakfast.htm
- John Harvey Kellogg - http://naturalhealthperspective.com/tutorials/john-kellogg.html
- The Road To Wellville - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Wellville_(film)
- Cereality (locations around the US) - http://www.cereality.com/main.php
- So.Zo (473 High St., Morgantown WV - affiliated with the Chestnutridge Church, who openly opposes gay marriage) - http://sozo-morgantown.net/
Rerun: Episode 2 - Breakfast!

This weeks episode is a rerun of our May 18th 2009 show about Canadian breakfast featuring The Rainbow in Oshawa and Hill's in Orillia. We're currently working on a cereal episode and need to do some further research before we put voice to recorder. Also, we might as well upload this one again since podbean seems to have misplaced the original ep.
We have a quite a potpourri episode for you today. Happy Labour/Labor Day! First, two local restaurant reviews: The Bull Dog Pub and Gold Boat Fish & Chips (that we so erroniously called Golden Sail - sorry!!). Then we move on to discuss another Oishimbo A La Carte Manga - Ramen and Gyoza are the topic of this edition. Enjoy and have a great long weekend! 
- The Bull Dog Pub (600 Grandview Drive S., Oshawa ON) - http://www.thebulldogpuboshawa.ca/
- Gold Boat Fish & Chips (283 Dean Ave, Oshawa ON)- http://www.canpages.ca/page/ON/oshawa/gold-boat-fish-and-chips/5166427.html
- Oishimbo - Ramen & Gyoza - http://www.comicbookbin.com/oishinboalacarte003.html
- Maus - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus






























