enRoute has named their picks for the Best New Restaurants in Canada and (just) two are from British Columbia. Vancouver’s own St. Lawrence grabbed the 4th spot, while Victoria’s The Courtney Room took 10th. Congratulations to both, and to all who cracked this year’s prestigious list!

More concerning news in the food world as NPR looks at the crops mostly severely impacted by climate change.

On a lighter (and more ridiculous) note,  Justin Bieber eats his burrito sideways. That is all.

How the online-only restaurant industry could change the future of dining as we know it.

This week nostalgic food lovers everywhere bid farewell to Ms. Dorcas Reilly, inventor of the green bean casserole.

From Snickers to 3 Musketeers and Kit Kat to Crunch, Food and Wine lays out the most influential chocolate bars in American history.

Now that Chewie’s Biscuit Company has opened its doors, you can’t miss The Moose, which comes with everything you could possibly want on a biscuit including fried chicken, gravy, cheese, fried egg and bacon!

Pro Tip: You know that really excellent bottle of wine you have at home? Crack it this week with a side of Halloween candy. You won’t regret it.

NPR on a new type of gentrification in The Bronx where food and hospitality are changing the rules that have long failed communities.

“The Bronx is no longer burning. But it is lit. And its food revival is rewriting the gentrification playbook — the one issued for years by largely white interloping hipsters in Brooklyn to all corners of the world — by importing a novel tactic from Los Angeles: gentefication (from gente, the Spanish word for people), in which a neighborhood’s artisanal renaissance goes beyond being locally inspired or sourced toward something much more radical and resonant: locally controlled.”

This week in terrible food portmanteau: Teslaquila. Honestly though, has Elon Musk jumped the shark yet or what?

Eating via Instagram honours this week go to @gelnny.gs because if we’re heading into soup season, it may as well be filled with lobster:

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The brilliant marketing ploy of the “superfood” and how it convinced us all to as many blueberries as we could get our hands on.

The New York Times shares the story of a bakery in Queens, the advocates that oppose it and how the store’s pretzel bun has become the centre of an argument over American immigration policy.

“The protesters, though, believe that Tom Cat had abandoned immigrant workers in its own insidious self-interest and that any restaurant affiliated with it had to be viewed as a collaborator in the dark mission of backing the loaves of exploitation.”

The amazing story of rare sodas, exotic snacks and the rappers that are heading to LA to buy them by the duffle bag-full.

The Globe and Mail share their picks for Canada’s up-and-coming culinary stars including BC’s own Tina Tang who will be representing Canada at the IKA Culinary Olympics in Germany.

The Barefoot Contessa herself just went up a notch! When asked what she would serve President Trump, the famed chef responded “A Subpoena.” Cheers to you, Ina Garten!

The folks at Punch check out how one Brooklyn bar gets into the Halloween spirit.

But if you’re looking to be spooked year round, don’t forget to check out haunted mansion-themed Dark Manor Inn, which is set to open in the Fraserhood this week or the next.

Or perhaps you’re looking for another way to increase the fear factor, in which case, consider having a picnic in a cemetery like they did in the olden days.

“During the 19th century, and especially in its later years, snacking in cemeteries happened across the United States. It wasn’t just apple-munching alongside the winding avenues of graveyards. Since many municipalities still lacked proper recreational areas, many people had full-blown picnics in their local cemeteries. The tombstone-laden fields were the closest things, then, to modern-day public parks.”

Thrillist rounds up the best dives in America. Should you find yourself in Seattle or Portland, consider sidling up to the bar at one of the PNW spots that made the cut!

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