Drop Zone
Toronto the crunched
Published: January 2009
Chris Nuttall-Smith
Articles on torontolife.com written by Chris Nuttall-Smith.
Total Control
Claudio Aprile, one of the city’s most talented chefs, cooks like a scientist and rules his kitchen like a dictator. At Colborne Lane, he introduced Toronto to freeze-dried soy and liquid nitrogen ice cream. Now he’s risking a fortune on a second restaurant and has plans for another four. Can a neurotic micromanager run a mini-empire?
Published: February 2010
Strikeout
What a Dish
TV star, foodie and bona fide hunk David Rocco is teaching Ontario high schoolers how to eat Dolce style
Published: February 2009
Age of Empire
Many of Toronto’s restaurateurs are dreaming of multiple-location food service empires
Published: April 2008
Crop Circle
Six exotic and oh-so-
briefly-available flavours
that are worth the wait
Published: July 2008
Fishy Business
Eelpout, smelt and whitefish have tipped the scales among piscivores
Published: July 2008
Get Fresh
Farmers’ markets are popping up faster than dandelions on a pesticide-free lawn. Here’s our flavour freak’s guide to the best local food
Published: July 2008
Join the Cult
Meat Heads
Hard-core carnivores trade tips on the best sources for grass-fed
heritage breeds. Now they’ve upped the
ante, going straight
to the farm for
prime cuts
Published: July 2008
Pig Out
For two nights in July, a parking lot in Markham becomes Asian foodie nirvana
Published: June 2008
The Cheesemaker
The Curse of the Aluminum Crystal
The Libeskind addition was supposed to save the ROM and put Toronto on the map.
The good news: it’s finally, officially finished.
The bad: it caused nasty infighting, came in
fabulously over budget, and is a box-office flop.
Inside a $320-million reno from hell
Published: September 2008
The Egg Farmers
The Veggie Farmers
The Wheat Farmer
Tipple Hits
With the debut of 100 per cent Ontario-made brews, meads and ciders, it’s now possible to have a truly local drink
Published: July 2008
Farm Team
Bread Winners
Coca
Crispy and Creamy
Dressed to Quill
Eat, Drink and be Daring
Toronto’s long been an international food city, but it’s fair to say that we’ve only recently melded the flavours of here and far away into a cuisine that’s definitively our own. This is our list, arranged in no particular order, of the city’s must-try foods—from local classics like butter tarts (No. 63) to more recent arrivals like kimchee empanadas (82). They’re all either made in Toronto, unique to Toronto, or hard enough to find elsewhere that they make us feel lucky to live here
Published: December 2007
Farm Fresh
Food Fight
Haute Chocolate
Home’s Where the Heart Is
Mango Lessons
Rhubarb and rabbit ears
Rye Observations
Snow Cones
Ice cream in the dead of winter? Absolutely. Fortified with hearty, seasonal
flavours, it’s perfect on its own—or even floating in a bowl of steaming hot
chocolate. And the city’s finest artisanal producer is planning his summer
flavours right now
Published: February 2007
Soontorn Bahn Thai
Tummy Upset
Smashing Pumpkins
Pumpkin pie, as traditional a dessert as they come, still comes in all shapes and sizes. Our food editor taste-tests five of the city’s best-known
Published: September 2006
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