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Our new Intern, Will, is vegetarian and in his honour we want to know what your favourite vegetarian protein is. Do you indulge in the delicious dairy? Or toy with some kind of soy? How do you put meat on those bones without putting meat in your mouth?
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It's been a while since we've had a @ceto twitter chat, but what better day to be distracted than 420?
Today's twitter chat is all about what you will be munching on this 420! Will you be preparing something or just a grabbing a quick collection of snacks? Do you snack sweet or salty? Are you going new age healthy or old school junk food?
Feel free to join the conversation. Tweet us @ceto using #420munchiesTO and tell us about your favourite munchables on the hungriest day of the year. Or leave a comment below.
ceto We're doing a twitter chat today: #420munchiesTO What's in your stash for #420?
wwwdotillK #420munchiesTO This year my stash is pizza and brownies for that warm sweet fuzzy feeling.
TightsandFights @ceto #superhero #snacks #420munchiesTO @QueenLeopardia sticks with the catnip. But @TrojanBorscht likes the raw onions
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If you are familiar with 420, then you likely know this quote:
Get some...sour cream and onion chips, with some dip, man. Some beef jerkey, some peanut butter. Get some Hagen-Dagz ice-cream bars. A whole lotta of chocolate. Gotta have chocolate, man. Some popcorn, pink popcorn. GRAHAM CRACKERS!!! Graham crackers with the marshmallows. Little marshmallows with little chocolate bars and we'll make some s'mores man. Celery, grape jelly, Captain Crunch with the little crunch berries, pizzas, we need two big pizzas, man, everything on 'em, water, a whole lotta water and.......Funyuns.
So... what's in your stash for 420?
Join in the twitter chat #420MunchiesTO from 1pm-3pm today... then go celebrate
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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner I thought I’d close with this Round Up question:
Where are you taking your cutie for a romantic dinner?
Enoteca Sociale or Ruby Watchco.
Suresh Doss -- I spend a lot of time eating and drinking in Ontario, and documenting my experiences through various mediums.
He's been into escargot lately (even talking about farming his own...) and we both always have a great time at Batifole. He orders a Pernod aperitif, I usually start with bubbly and we linger, just like in Paris.
Yasmin Seneviratne Publisher of LeSauce.com, recipe developer, and magazine veteran (and lover!)
My cutie hates romantic dinners so you'd probably find us at Pho My Duyen!
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Tomorrow is the weekend and I want to know:
What's for brunch?
When I go for brunch, and it's rare, I'm a sucker for anything savoury. Lady Marmalade's aged white cheddar and spinach waffles w/ smokey tomato-orange cream (made for me!), and the Gladstone's tofu scramble with grilled portobello mushroom and baked beans win over the sweet stuff every time. Well, Mildred's pancakes and scones are the exception. And the Old York's Bloody Marys with extra horseradish are why I really go there for brunch, even though everything is delicious.
Yasmin Seneviratne Publisher of LeSauce.com, recipe developer, and magazine veteran (and lover!)
Eggs Benedict
Duarte Da Silva wine drinker,food eater, hohoto co-founder, dj
I'm a fan of the tofu scramble. I've had it at Fressen and at Disgraceland and enjoyed both.
Lauren Simmons High school teacher by profession, local food lover and web wine writer by passion, runner and cyclist by necessity. Eating and drinking new things.
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It's been a long, grueling week. We've worked hard, and now it's time to play hard. Time to meet a friend for a cocktail and enjoy a Happy Hour.
Who has the happiest happy hour?
I love to have cocktails at the Hyatt roof. Best view, and the first place I had a legal drink.
Joel Solish Comical Egoist. Consumed by food. Supporter & champion of all that's local. Interesting & interested. Synonymous with bacon since 1986.
I'm gonna go with Biff's $1 oysters after 5.
Bev Wooding I'm a food and music fanatic/blogger who also likes to take pretty pictures.
I never seem to be able to make it happy hour, but in the summer I like to sneak up to the Drake Sky Yard on afternoons before the madness descends. Their 4-7pm deals on appetizers are pretty great, too.
Lauren Simmons High school teacher by profession, local food lover and web wine writer by passion, runner and cyclist by necessity. Eating and drinking new things.
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I love exploring new neighbourhoods and finding gems that I have never noticed before or have just opened. Even when the snow is blowing, I find myself popping into spots I've never visited before often discovering a great spot to settle in and warm up.
So I thought I'd check in with the January Round Up Crew - Ottawa and see what neighbourhoods came to mind when they thought about eating.
When you are thinking about eating, what neighbourhood pops to mind first?
Little India - follow your nose to whatever smells best that minute. From thali to vindaloo to mango ice cream, you can nibble your way down the street and be completely stuffed with fabulous eats. Then stop in for groceries and a chai before you roll your way home.
Jennifer Sudbury Dedicated to trying as many foods as possible both locally and around the globe.
Chinatown on Spadina, Leslieville
Matt Kantor Chef of Little Kitchen and Secret Pickle
Harbord is a pretty good strip - there's higher-end fine dining like Harbord Room, Splendido, Tati and 93 Harbord, or lower-end staples like Momo's and Harbord House, plus treats from Harbord Bakery, Dessert Trends and Sam James.
Lauren Simmons High school teacher by profession, local food lover and web wine writer by passion, runner and cyclist by necessity. Eating and drinking new things.
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To wrap up our Trend Tuesday thread, we've got the final responses from the January Round Up Crew to the question:
What upcoming trend are you most interested in?
Some trendspotters were recently reporting Korean food will take center stage this year - we're interested to see what comes up. Would be especially interesting to try North Korean food (we saw a special on Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie where someone's grandmother, who was from North Korea, made some traditional dishes).
Tasting Toronto We're Mark Rodas and Stacey Fowler - Two Torontonians who love food!
Shawarma made a big splash throughout the 90s, and then Vietnamese Pho grew in prominence throughout the naughties. Now Korean cuisine seems to be the next up-and-comer in town. Which is good. Bulgogi is yummy, and who doesn't like fermented cabbage?
Ron Cross Food explorer, traveler, writer and CheapEater.
Vegetable ash
Rebecca LeHeup Executive Director of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance. Lover of all local food and drink
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With eating local and conscious/conscientious dining becoming such a focus in restaurants and home kitchens, I think it's time to consider local beverage options. Suresh said it well when he said one of the trends he was most looking forward to was: more wine drinkers becoming aware of locally made juice.
With the Round Up Crew already sharing their favourites, I though it was time to ask what local liquour delights the January Round Up Crew are opening:
What is your go to local booze?
I'm all about VQA wines and craft beers. Wine is too hard to nail down one. Beer - I love Beau's All Natural. Cider - Waupoos Draft for sure!
Rebecca LeHeup Executive Director of the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance. Lover of all local food and drink
Any local (Ontario) riesling -- but my favourites come from the Beamsville Bench. Wineries like Tawse, Fielding Estate, Vineland.
Suresh Doss -- I spend a lot of time eating and drinking in Ontario, and documenting my experiences through various mediums.
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You're hungry. Really hungry. You don't want to go home and the cupboard is empty. 
It's late. It's early. It's just a weird time to want to eat. It happens to me all the time. New Year's Day was the most recent search for me.
We've all been there.What do you do? Where do you turn? What are you going to eat?
So I thought I'd see what the Round Up Crew does.
When you're hungry and nothing else is open, where do you go to eat?
Shoppers Drug Mart
Duarte Da Silva wine drinker,food eater, hohoto co-founder, dj
Rashnaa on Wellesley is almost always open, and the food is consistently good. I've recently discovered an Indian restaurant called Nitya which has really impressed me. The best chicken biryani and prawns in the city.
Suresh Doss -- I spend a lot of time eating and drinking in Ontario, and documenting my experiences through various mediums.
The PItaQ at Bloor and Spadina. Seems like its always open.
Matt Kantor Chef of Little Kitchen and Secret Pickle
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