Well, today it is cold in Montreal. How cold? Pigeon-killing cold. I’ll spare you the macabre photo here, but today near my house I discovered the solid mass of a pigeon that had, quite simply, frozen to death (I think it subsequently fell off a nearby building). I went out for a walk this morning (hardy fool that I am), and I can vouch that with the gusty wind blasting your face, the wind chill factor does indeed makes it feel colder than -35 degrees Celsius!

Meanwhile — you may recall a post awhile back referring to this: today Health Canada finally put out the new Canada Food Guide (site may be overwhelmed today by 32,820,453 excited Canadians ;-). They still have no high-tech online calculators (c’mon!), but for what it’s worth…there it is. Let the perusing commence!

A CBC article seems very excited about the fact that bok choy is now included, “in an effort to recognize the needs of the culturally diverse population.” Thankfully, pigeon still is not listed in the Food Guide’s meat section (though I know where to find a fresh one, if there is such a thing as “fresh” pigeon…ugh). We’re not quite that culturally diverse yet.

Spinach and other leafy greens are of course always highly recommended, but some consumers are still nervous after last fall’s Escherichia coli (Chéri, chéri, comment ça va?) spinach outbreak in the U.S.

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