Posts by: David Ort
For me the week of eating and drinking that is the Salut Wine + Food Festival kicked off with an informal seminar, The Art of the Dinner Party, led by the pair behind Good Food Revolution, Jamie Drummond and Malcolm Jolley. The intimate event [...]
Continue Reading →I am in search of a recipe for the ultimate peameal on a bun sandwich. I’m amazed how often visitors to Toronto are advised to try one even though it is very rarely served at its best and even more rarely prepared from scratch in Toronto homes. I’ll deal with the main event (curing [...]
Continue Reading →Over a recent dinner of steaks and Irish whiskey Ben “Kung Fu Panda” Ratcliffe from tonguecheek.com suggested that I might like to try the tourtière de ville recipe from Martin Picard’s Au Pied du Cochon Cookbook. He figured that a recipe that calls for both pig shank and pig knuckle would appeal to me. [...]
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Local The Sweet Escape Pâtisserie is the prize at the end of a Distillery District obstacle course. For those of us a little unclear on our French, a pâtisserie is a store that sells all things baked and delicious, especially if they are sweet.
Continue Reading →It seems that my cooking recently has been focused on terrines. There is something fascinating (for me at least) about combining meat and other ingredients in a mold. I wrote a post at Food With Legs about a meat and nut terrine. And the main ingredient is definitely not limited to [...]
Continue Reading →Local food is a growing industry and writing about its production and consumption definitely is as well. To the names of Pollan, Kingsolver, Smith and MacKinnon Toronto can now add our own Sarah Elton.
Continue Reading →With the warm, summer-like weather we have had this week I find myself feeling even more envious of our southern neighbours who are already out foraging ramps, fiddleheads, and morels. For us in Toronto and northwards these springtime edibles are still another one to four weeks away.
Continue Reading →Led by Charlie’s Burgers, Toronto diners have seen a rising trend of off-restaurant supper clubs. Massimo Bruno’s Italian Supper Club leans more heavily towards authenticity and domestic comfort than exclusive cachet and I was pleased to have the opportunity to attend.
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