Craft beer is made carefully, from quality ingredients, on a small scale. All of those factors mean that it costs much more to produce a pint of your local brewery's pale ale than one of the macrobewery's fizzy, international lager. That said, there are times when a bar wants to clear inventory or say [...]
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It's the golden age of Italian cuisine in Toronto. The checked-tablecloth, red-sauce eateries that represented Italian in the minds of many are long dead and gone. Today eating Italian in Toronto means a modern, local-and-seasonally inspired take on the rustic regional food that nona made back in the old country. Judging by the full [...]
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As Torontonians, we make a sport out of stubbornly refusing to envy the fine people of Vancouver for anything their city has to offer. Ski a glacier and surf in the Pacific on the same day? Big deal. Host the Olympic Games? That was years ago. Play host to NHL playoff games? Low blow.
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There are some subway stations from which you’d have to go a block or two to find something good to eat. From high-end favourite Didier and Cava on the other side of Yonge to the exceptional burgers at Holy Chuck just a little bit south, those who travel through St. Clair are spoiled for [...]
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None of us need to be told that Canoe combines a stunning view and excellent food or that there are some up-and-coming gems of restaurants on Ossington, right? Instead of the usual top-five Valentine's Day dates we came up with some unconventional ideas.
Continue Reading →In early March, I had the pleasure of attending a catering tasting held by The Food Dudes, a Toronto company who focus on producing stellar food in all sorts of party environments. I was the guest of Alison Kelly, wedding planner extraordinaire and was honoured to share in [...]
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