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Chicken feet are embroiled in trade tensions between the U.S. and China. America apparently produces big chicken feet and they're very popular in China; U.S. chicken feet are "jumbo and juicy," says a person quoted in a story at nytimes.

A plate of food from my niece's wedding buffet. All it took was a little organizing and, yes, my sister acknowledged, many, many hours of work.

Sitting on a platform dangling from a crane high over Paris to eat a gourmet fundraising meal for $1,350 US a person. You're secured to chairs with rollercoaster-style seatbelts. A story at cbcnews.ca Some folks are crazy about bento boxes.

Nanaimo has its sweet bar and Saskatoon its berry. I missed the height of the Saskatoon berry season on a trip to the Saskatchewan city last week but did luck out on a few frozen pies.

Many restaurants have gone to a lot effort to show off their stuff on the web. I often check out restaurant websites before making a visit, to get an advance taste of a menu and a sense of how a place wants to present itself.

Downtown was a crowded place on Sunday, thanks in part to the Fringe Festival (last day), Blues Bash, and the Labour Day long weekend. After watching a Fringe show (Fall Fair - very worthwhile), we went looking for a late lunch.

A faithful correspondent writes: Journalists at this week’s budget lockup were wondering how the tough financial times and record deficit would affect the free lunch. The lockup description is literal – once in, generally before 9 a.m.

I hope you enjoyed the summer of 2009 because by the time our next long weekend rolls around, we'll all be wearing coats again.

Posh, the Vancouver-based sukiyaki restaurant, has just opened an outpost in Victoria. It's at the former location of Med Grill Mosaic, 1063 Fort St. Here's a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ story from last month .

Yes, I know I don't get out enough. That's why Coffee Crisp and Kit Kat "bites" are such a revelation for me. They're balls of candy -- like chocolate-covered peanuts or raisins -- except they're formulated like Coffee Crisp and Kit Kat.