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Introducing The Braiser; Shawarma, Anyone?

by Susana Polo | 9:43 am, May 14th, 2012


Did you know that since the release of The Avengers, sales of shawarma have skyrocketed? Well, at least they have in Hollywood’s Ro Ro’s Chicken, which says its shawarma sales have risen 80% since the film debuted, and we wouldn’t be at all surprised if it’s happened elsewhere as well (if you don’t know why, you’ll have to find out for yourself, we won’t spoil you). Such is the power of nerds and food. We’ve seen it here, with the Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook, settings we’d like to live in based on food alone, and the greatest of fictional candy, and uh… eating organs.

And so we’re proud to welcome a brand new website into our blogging network: The Braiser, edited by our own Verena von Pfetten. It’s a blog all about food, and celebrity food, because “what we eat, where we eat, and how we eat it is a focal point of how we define community, family, and culture in this country and around the world. And the people who help us do that are going to get our attention — though some, obviously, much more than others.” Not sure where to start with the site? Well, here’s a list on the history of celebrity chefs (going all the way back to the Renaissance!), here’s a very special Mothers’ Day bed in breakfast, and here’s The Braiser‘s raison d’etre in its own words.

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LFHOEUG3QJAEWPNI2CFIOYD6EM Katie

    I always found it mildly amusing that people outside of Ontario didn’t seem to know what shwarma even was  (or pho, for that matter). When my sister moved out of province all she wanted when she came home was shwarma. Hopefully this will mean that there will be more places to get it! But Mr Shwarma in my home town will always be the best ^_~

  • Life Lessons

    Well cool! I was wondering is shwarma sales were going up. :)

  • John Wao

    Gyros, Shawarma, Doner Kebab, no matter what you call them those things are delicious.

  • Anonymous

    It’s the best in Windsor… where there’s an actual ‘Shawarma Palace’ !!!  :) Don’t bother going to London, Ontario though, it’s no good there (including the pho) … unless it’s to Barakat.

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