Tweets of the week

Twitter allows you to take the pulse of a community at any given time. Check trending topics, influencer's feeds, and the back-and-forth conversation between your favourite foodie tweeters and you can find out everything from where the cool kids are brunching to what the Olympians are eating.

Between February 10 and 17 the chatter was largely about last Tuesday's Eat Drink and Give, Valentine's dinner date reservations, Olympic ceremonies and sports, and unbizarrely, bacon. Sample the week that was, below.

@ChefBangerter reminded followers Feb is heart month

Celeb @ChefMichaelSmth hit the Olympic sized #10,000 meal mark in Vancouver

@BusterRhinosBBQ had its own suggestion for an Olympic sport

And also tweeted some words about buying local

Foodies and industry folk alike flocked to a successful Eat Drink Give (via @TOfoodie)

@Mcutrara brought a farmer from Haiti to speak at the event

Couples across the city dined in near darkness. Chef's wives stayed home. Alone. (via @IvyKnight)

New Years celebrations were cause for cheap Chinese @LaurenDorphin

And lastly, your basic bacon-talk roundup, via @foodie411, @ortdavid, and @TOfoodie. The verdict? Bacon's better than everything but penetration.