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Ep #60 - The Jester's Court Haunted Pub and Halloween

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!

The Jester's Court (Port Perry, ON) - http://www.jesterscourt.ca/

Halloween - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

Samhain - http://www.imbas.org/articles/samhain.html

Trick or Treating - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating

Gode Cookery's Soul Cakes Recipe - http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/foodtv/foodtv.html

Historical Food's Soul Cakes Recipe - http://historicalfoods.com/6425/souling-cake-recipe/

Pan De Muerto - http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-food_bread.html

Day of the Dead - http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-history.html

Japan's O-Bon/Bon Festival - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Festival

Chinese Ghost Festival - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Festival

Pubcast #5 - Beer Wars! (Explicit)

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

Ep 59 - Oishimbo (Japanese Cuisine), Mandarin Buffet Moon Fest and the Baker's Table

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

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