Zwei Fat Chicks

Sheila's alma mater is doing food education right with Bistro 67, a teaching restaurant that is putting food from the field first and foremost. 

Check out their website here, and make a reservation!

We apologize for our long absence - things are finally starting to settle down for us, so hopefully we'll be able to go back to at least a monthly show schedule.

Also, the quality of this show isn't the best, but we figured if we ended up re-recording it (again), we would never get back into the saddle.  

This episode features a very big shout out to our local, Buster Rhino's.  We cover the Drunken Milkshake BBQ, Tap Take Overs for 2013 and the regular menu.  This has been too long in coming!

We also talk about our third annual visit to the Gourmet Food & Wine Expo in Toronto.  That trip was bigger and better than ever, and we look forward to next November to see what will be next.  Hopefully, the brewery from Niagara College will be back - Darryl, you need to get in contact with these folks.  ;)

Lastly, we finally made it out to Guu Izakaya and had a fantastic time with our dear friend, Jayne.  She even pipes in about delicious octopus balls!  A grand time was had by all.

Links:

Buster Rhino's - http://www.busterrhinos.com/main/index.php

Toronto Gourmet Food & Wine Expo - http://www.foodandwineexpo.ca/sitepages/

Niagara College Teaching Brewery - http://www.firstdraft.ca/content/Default.aspx

Caps and Corks - http://www.niagaracollege.ca/content/News/tabid/3508/EntryId/2147/Caps-Corks-and-Forks-returns-for-Round-Five.aspx

Guu Izakaya - http://guu-izakaya.com/toronto

Guu on Vice - http://youtu.be/C26nhTTwahw

Sapporo is brewed by Dragons - http://youtu.be/K-Rs6YEZAt8

• Jo's Brooklyn Bagel (814) 520-6246 (833 West 38th St, Erie PA) - http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/133/1510437/restaurant/Jos-Brooklyn-Bagel-Erie
• Lakeside Bagel (814) 734-8590 (318 W Plum St, Edinboro PA) - http://www.lakesidebagel.com/
• Slate article - A Short History of the Bagel - http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2008/11/a_short_history_of_the_bagel.html

This week's episode is a review of The Devil's Picnic by Montreal author Taras Gresco... an exploration of forbidden foods in various cultures.

• Taras Gresco's website - http://www.tarasgrescoe.com/
• The Devil's Picnic - http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/Devils-Picnic-Grescoe-Taras/?isbn=9780002007801

Stuttering John's now has a food cart in front of the restaurant for quick BBQ fixes - be sure to try the pulled pork topped hotdogs!  Also, we discuss the newly available on Netflix TED Talks: Chew on This series...and becoming 5 day vegetarians!

• Stuttering John's - http://stutteringjohnsbistro.com/

• TED Talks - http://www.ted.com/talks
• Mary Roach -  http://www.maryroach.net/
• Jamie Oliver's School Dinners -  http://www.jamieoliver.com/school-dinners
• Dan Barber -  http://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_barber.html
• Eduardo Sousa's ethical fois gras site -  http://www.lapateria.eu/home.html
• Jennifer Street Porter on the F Word with Gordan Ramsay -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJf6_cchSEE
• Jennifer 8. Lee -  http://jenny8lee.com/
• Graham Hill -  http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian.html
• 20 for 20 -  http://allrecipes.com/howto/twenty-for-twenty-vegetarian-edition/
• post punk kitchen -  http://www.theppk.com/

This week we talk about more chocolate - the chocolate bars unique to and in common between the UK, USA and Canada.  Then, we have a review for Big Boy Burgers in Whitby.  Enjoy! Big Boy Burgers - http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/1655148/restaurant/Toronto/Big-Boys-Burgers-whitby-Whitby

The FTP server is working again, w00t!

In this week's episode, we review the book Candyfreak by Steve Almond and eat a bunch of chocolate.  Enjoy!

• Bulk Barn - http://www.bulkbarn.ca/en-ca/index.html
• Candy Freak  by Steve Almond  - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50906.Candyfreak
• Valomilk - http://www.valomilk.com/
• Lake Champlain Chocolates (home of the Five Star Bar) - http://www.lakechamplainchocolates.com/
• Clark Bar -  http://www.necco.com/ourbrands/default.asp?brandid=9

Thanks to the Tdot for showing a couple of Fat Chicks a good time!

• The Jersey Giant Pub - http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/10/132573/restaurant/St-Lawrence-Market-Old-Town/Jersey-Giant-Toronto
• St. Lawrence Market - http://www.stlawrencemarket.com/
• Brown Brothers Meat - http://www.yelp.ca/biz/brown-brothers-meat-toronto
• Kozlik's Mustard - http://www.mustardmaker.com/
• Geocaching - http://www.geocaching.com/
• Sneaky Dee's - http://sneaky-dees.com/home/
• Black Oak Brewing Company - http://blackoakbeer.com/
• Chocosol Fair Trade Chocolate - http://chocosol.posterous.com/
• The Sassy Lamb - http://www.thesassylamb.com/slsite/The_Sassy_Lamb/Home.html

This week's episode is a book review of Anthony Bourdain's Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook.  Check it out! Medium Raw on HarperCollins (Canada) - http://www.harpercollins.ca/books/Medium-Raw-Anthony-Bourdain/

Trinity Irish Pub's first annual Burns Dinner was a complete success!  Join us for a run down of the fair Scotches and Scottish fare that we enjoyed on January 24, 2012.

• Trinity Irish Pub -  http://www.trinityirishpub.ca/
• Scotland's Official Burns Night Website - http://www.scotland.org/culture/festivals/burns-night/
• The Black Grouse - http://www.thefamousgrouse.com/lda/
• The Macallan - http://www.themacallan.com/home.aspx
• Highland Park - http://www.highlandpark.co.uk/
• Laphroaig - http://www.laphroaig.com/