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Complaining about the TTC is a widely-followed past time in Toronto but one of the system’s under-recognised advantages is that one fare will take you pretty much anywhere in our city. This got me thinking and led to the development of this new series for Spotlight, in which I’ll visit restaurants and other food [...]
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Some food trends never go away and the cupcake is a great example. Recently, the Spotlight crew gathered on a Sunday morning to taste through a variety of cupcakes from some of the newer establishments that have popped up in the last year or so.
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As the spotlight crew has been gearing up for the holiday season, here's what they've been up to in the last week.
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After Charlie’s Burgers and Secret Pickle it’s not surprising that others have followed in their footsteps to bring underground, secretive dining to Toronto.
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Sometimes meals are quick and convenient doses of calories, yet the memorable ones are often the opposite: lengthy, comfortable productions that demonstrate the best a chef has to offer. It was obvious that the sample of Brassaii’s new holiday menu was designed to fit squarely in the latter category.
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Cod cheeks at Beast restaurant, vintage store Mrs Huizengas, checking out the One of a Kind Christmas show, eating at Alimento and drinking bubbly from Prince Edward County.
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Last Sunday Nathan Myhrvold, one of the co-authors of Modernist Cuisine, spoke at U of T’s Isabel Bader Theatre. The event, organised and hosted by the Cookbook Store’s Alison Fryer, attracted a large portion of Toronto’s chefs, food writers, and nerdy home cooks.
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An excellent rhyme, I think, for the right amount of gift giving is that everyone should get: something they want, something they need, something to wear, and something to read. Here are my 2011 suggestions for gifts to fill each of those categories.
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