food & drink

A couple fun blog posts about Ottawa Senators prospects: First, Ron Eade writes in Ominvore Ottawa about Sens prospects getting a course in cooking at the Urban Element . And proper eating habits was exactly on the agenda this evening, when I dropped by the Urban Element on Parkdale Avenue. ...

From Ottawa Citizen food columnist Ron Eade’s blog, the tale of the $1,000 ham at La Bottega Nicastro : ** ** About six kilos of prized Iberico Spanish ham that arrived Friday at La Bottega Nicastro in the ByWard Market has all but sold out in less than 48 hours, despite its eye-popping price of $20 for 100 grams, owner Pat Nicastro tells me today. ...

Megan rants about President’s Choice Blue Menu Two-Bite Brownies . A sample: ** ** "Our great tasting PC Blue Menu products offer healthier options without sacrificing the flavours you love. The big blue menu on the front of each package shouts out why the product is a better choice so that making better choices is simple! ...

Yoni Freedhoff writes on the Weighty Matters blog: I'm frankly gob-smacked that according to the nutrition facts label there are still 1.5grams of trans-fats in 3 of these teeny weeny cookies. Girl Guides of Canada are quite aware of this. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/ELgiN-StreEt-iRReguLars-Why-we-love-Elgin-Street_1192334823546.png) Check out this great photo on the ELgiN StreEt iRReguLars blog … part of a post about multiculturalism on Elgin Street . ** Related: ** Ottawa Food Guide

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/CheapEats-Ottawa-restaurant-guide-blog-Facebook-Takes-Ottawa-Restaurant-Fandom-to-a-new-level_1190484286531.png) Check out this facinating post from Lex on the CheapEats Ottawa blog . It breaks down the popularity of local restaurants based on the number of group members on Facebook: Facebook Takes Ottawa Restaurant Fandom to a new level The biggest fan group is for: DiRienzo’s = Best Sandwiches in Ottawa (1,772 members). ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/the-place-next-door-no-more.jpg) A reader sent us this pic of the old awning from The Place Next Door, left rather unceremoniously in a dumpster on Rideau Street. (Photo by Jack O’Sullivan.) (The restaurant was torn down, and will be replaced soon by condos. ...

I recently spent five days living at the Civic Hospital with my wife & new baby daughter. It was our second extended stay at the Civic in the past couple of years to take care of a new baby - and we were far more prepared the second time than the first. ...

From the National Post Best of Summer blog: ** ** OTTAWA - Ice cream -- it's one of the simple pleasures in life and as much a part of summer as canoe trips and long dips in the lake. ...

CBC News has a report today about the food problems at Lansdowne Park on Saturday night during the first FIFA U-20 World Cup game. (We blogged about the very long line-ups on the weekend.) Aramark, the company that runs the concessions at Frank Clair Stadium, promised to ...