Chef Homaro Cantu’s lasered vanilla bean schtick irks a Toronto food writer. The linked article is a run of the mill cantankerous rant against everything wrong with the food world, including a call to ban Mario Batali and unban Emeril Lagasse. I don’t know about that, Mario actually cooks with real technique on his show, whereas Lagasse would have us believe the proper way to start a roux is with a cold pot, a tablespoon of flour, a gallon of butter, ten heads of garlic and a healthy dose of fresh cracked pepper. Another interesting note regarding the article is that part of Vancouver is considering banning drive-thru windows, proving foie gras foe Chicago may no longer be alone in the stupid legislation department.