www.goodfoodfestival.com

I stopped by the Good Food Festival & Market. I was expecting a ‘local’ and ‘healthy’ focus. I took the title literally. Good food and a market-like atmosphere? It would be too easy to say that my experience at was a disaster. Instead, I put together [...]

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www.liffordwine.com

Lifford Wine Agency recently hosted a Ladies Night wine tasting event at the Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery District, complete with foods to match the wines. Imagine a room of about four hundred women in cocktail attire, downing glasses of wine and grooving to “When Doves Cry” It’s a [...]

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Brewer’s Plate 2009

On April 18, 2009 By

www.brewersplatetoronto.org

Six local chefs were paired up with six local breweries. With the focus on local ingredients, they were encouraged to cook up tasty dishes for a food & beer event hosted by Green Enterprise Toronto, Slow Food Toronto and Local [...]

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Stepping into Wine Country

On April 16, 2009 By

Wine is for everyone. It can be understood, interpreted and enjoyed by anyone. Wine should be about conversation – which may invariably lead to analysis and thought — but it shouldn’t interrupt the invitation to explore without prejudice or discrimination. We recently spoken to a young and enthusiastic wine maker who said, [...]

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Romagna Mia

On April 16, 2009 By

106 Front Street East, Toronto ON
416-363-8370
www.romagna-mia.com
Map
Approx $35 per person
Local Food? some local ingredients
Local Wine/Beer? small selection
Lunch
Mon to Fri: 12pm to 2:30pm
Dinner
Mon to Sat: 5pm to 11ppm
Sunday Brunch: 11am to 2:30pm
 

For months, [...]

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www.citybites.ca

The first round of Citybites Food & Wine Experience was a success in the bright social space of The Market Kitchen. The culinary host of the evening was Chef Anthony Walsh of Canoe, with wineries from Ontario providing the liquid companions to dishes focusing around whitefish.
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Edward Levesque’s Kitchen

On April 15, 2009 By

1290 Queen Street East, Toronto ON
416-465-3600
www.edwardlevesque.ca
Map
Approx $30 per person
Local Food? some local ingredients
Local Wine/Beer? very small selection
Lunch
Tue to Sat: 10am to 5pm
Dinner
Tue to Sat: 5:30pm to 11pm
Brunch
Sat & Sun: 9am to 3pm

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Unit #3-5, 9590 McCowan Road, Toronto ON
416-298-2228
www.babudelivery.ca
Map
Approx $20 per person
Local Food? few local ingredients
Local Wine/Beer? n/a
Lunch
Mon to Sun: 5am to midnight
Delivery available
Takeout only

For almost 20 years, Babu has been an institution of Tamil food [...]

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