Lots of food and resto news to share! Here are five newsbites for nibbling:
- Saveur has announced the winners of their 2012 Best Food Blog awards. With more than 40,000 entrants and 16 categories, the competition was fierce, and the winners deserving. Of particular note: Gastrofotonomia (winner for best food photography), Tiny Urban Kitchen (winner for best restuarant/dining coverage) and Bon Appétempt (winner for best food humor blog).
- “If you’ve ever chopped hot chiles with hands unprotected by food-prep gloves …” So starts the article from CHOW (How do you get chile burn off your hands?) which goes on to talk (in brief) about the science behind how we perceive that peppery sting — and what restaurant workers can do to keep the burn at bay.
- Favourite drink lists are a dime a dozen. Serious Eats put a twist on that old chestnut liqueur and asked 10 bartenders: What’s your least favourite drink to make? On the hit (hate) list: hot drinks, artificial sweeteners, anything with cream.
- “After centuries of slumming in ye olde ale houses and scuzzy sports bars, beer is finally taking its rightful place at the dining table. And as the growing ranks of cicerones (a.k.a. beer sommeliers) are trying hard to attest, today’s craft beer – with its broad range of complex flavours and palate-scrubbing carbonation – may be even more food-friendly than wine.” (The Globe and Mail boldly asks: Beer vs. wine: Which goes best with food?)
- Customers who hate to wait may prefer a dining experience without a waiter — something made possible by the growing number of self-service apps available for mobile devices: May the tablet take your order? (Bloomberg Businessweek)
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