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Food Media Omnibus #549: On The Rumpus Room, Christmas Wishes & No More Butter

by Claire Lassam | Presenting Scout’s weekly Food Media Omnibus, a collection of links to the local and international food stories of the day…

The New York Times shows you how to keep it simple with food for holiday parties, and how to go completely overboard with cocktails.

The LA Times provides a solid cookbook gift guide. Just to throw it out there… I want Paula Wolfert’s new book, The Food of Morocco, the Odd Bits by Jennifer Kagan, and, of course, the Momofuko Milk Bar cookbook. Just saying…

TheKitchn has 23 ways to bake bread at home on any schedule. Some take less then half and hour. Bake bread!

Piast Bakery on Cambie St. gets the Westender raving.

Main St. gets a blast of the 70’s in the Rumpus Room. The Georgia Straight checks in.

Vancouver Magazine looks into the best local beers, and finds a great selection.

I, for one, am seriously happy about Bon Appetit’s idea about a cookie for each day of December. I make pistachio nougat every year, but this year I’m putting cherries in there, too. So clever.

Did you know that in between 1876 and 1924, nearly one third of Italy’s population moved to America? Find out where they settled, by which I mean where they put up the best restaurants in the best Little Italy’s in Saveur.

Norway is having a butter shortage. A fate worse then death!

And just in time, the North Shore News gives us some tips on holiday bubbly.

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Claire Lassam is a baker, blogger, and freelance writer based in East Van. She has been cooking and baking her way through the city for nearly five years, working in restaurants ranging from Cioppino’s to Meat & Bread. She currently toils at the soon-to-open Cadeaux Bakery in Railtown and runs the baking blog  Just Something Pretty.

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