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Aprons & Icons
September 8, 2010 | 12:56 pm

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Toronto chefs serve up free sample dishes for Cheese Boutique tasting series

Now bargain-hunting foodies have something to look forward to that doesn’t end in -licious. Starting September 11, the Cheese Boutique is hosting an eight-week tasting series that will feature a different top Toronto chef each Saturday afternoon. From noon to 4 p.m., there will be complimentary sample dishes made by the featured chef using at least one of Cheese Boutique’s products. The chef lineup includes Café du Lac‘s Bernadette Calpito, the Black Hoof‘s Grant Van Gameren, Pizzeria Libretto‘s Rocco Agostino and O&B Café Grill‘s Markus Bestig. See the event’s Facebook page for complete details.

Cheese Boutique, 45 Ripley Ave. (at South Kingsway), 416-762-6292, cheeseboutique.com.

The Hype

To-Do List
May 5, 2010 | 3:48 pm

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The Weekender: The Secret World of Og, a cheese festival and five other things to do this weekend

Toronto's famed Cheese Boutique hosts this weekend's chefs festival (Image: Chris Buecheler)

1. THE SECRET WORLD OF OG
Based on Pierre Berton’s much-loved children’s novel, this Canadian Children’s Opera Company-produced show follows four kids (leader Penny and her siblings Pamela, Peter and Patsy) who, while searching for their mysteriously missing little brother, Paul, visit an underground land populated by green-skinned residents can say only one word: “Og.” Originally published in 1961, the tale has been made into an animated series, but this is the first time the story has taken opera form. May 6 to 9. $35. Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay W., 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

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The Dish

Opening
February 1, 2010 | 8:24 am

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A first look inside Paul Boehmer’s eponymous Ossington restaurant (and details of his new Dean and Deluca-esque retail shop)

Paul Boehmer admires his new chandelier

Trend count: Fresh and local? Check. Communal table? Check. Ossington Avenue? Check. Designer lighting? Check (All photos by Karon Liu)

Paul Boehmer’s soon-to-open restaurant is like the cherry on top of the Ossington sundae. The eponymous eatery was one of the last to obtain a restaurant and bar permit before the city imposed a one-year moratorium on new establishments last May. “People around the neighbourhood thought that I was opening a nightclub, but since I told them it wasn’t the case, I haven’t received any complaints,” says the former Stadtländer apprentice, who has also cooked at Rosewater Supper Club, Six Steps and Scaramouche. He expects Boehmer to open in less than a month—about six months later than originally planned.

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Restauran-TO
January 18, 2010 | 12:00 pm

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The Black Hoof and Niagara Street Café host Haiti fundraiser this week

Jen Agg, co-owner of The Black Hoof, is hosting a benefit on Wednesday to raise funds for victims of last week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. Anton Potvin has provided the space at Niagara Café Upstairs, where staff from both restaurants will create a Haitian-inspired menu: Niagara Street Café chef Nick Liu’s famous suckling pig (prepared Haitian style); spicy rice and beans made by Agg’s Haitian-born boyfriend; and cheese from the Cheese Boutique. Drinks will be provided by Ontario wineries, merchants and brewers.

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The Dish

Aprons & Icons
December 10, 2009 | 1:25 pm

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Out of Africa and into Ontario: the story behind Canada’s first grower-direct imported coffee

A:DFLDJF (Photo courtesy of Ashanti.com)

David and Amy Wilding-Davies with their Zimbabwe Coffee Farmers of the Year award (Photo courtesy of Ashanti.com)

Ashanti Coffee might not be a name recognized by many of Toronto’s coffee connoisseurs, but maybe it should be. The company established Canada’s first grower-direct importing scheme for beans, which are shipped from Zimbabwe, roasted locally (in Thornbury, Ontario) and sold in Toronto stores. Owned by Canadian Olympian David Wilding-Davies, an equestrian who competed at the 1988 games in Seoul, Ashanti is unique for its importation methods, its quality control and its survival of Robert Mugabe’s land reclamation campaigns.

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The Dish

Rumours & Rumblings
May 26, 2009 | 3:28 pm

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It’s official: Coca has closed for good

This is goodbye: The tapas bar once known as Coca bows out (Photo by John Hritz)

Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye: tapas bar Coca bows out (Photo by John Hritz)

After a saga of financial woes, the sudden departure of a star chef and an unexpected shutdown in March, the official word on Coca’s fate is finally out: the restaurant will not reopen, and plans of renewal have been shelved. When we last checked in on the Coca fiasco, chef Nathan Isberg (who left the restaurant after a break with management in November) was weighing his options. Should he go his own way, or get back in the overheated kitchen with one of Coca’s investors? When a letter was posted last week, indicating the site’s seizure by the landlord, we talked to Isberg to find out what went wrong.

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Restauran-TO
May 9, 2009 | 10:11 am

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Globe Bistro’s Kevin McKenna and Eigensinn Farm’s Michael Stadtländer serve up an epic eat-local dinner

It was gastronomic ecstasy at the elegant “eat local” Globe Bistro Wednesday night, when Eigensinn Farm’s Michael Stadtländer made a guest appearance to heat up the kitchen with his former student, Globe chef Kevin McKenna. A portion of the proceeds from the lavish seven-course wine-paired feast go to the Toronto East General Hospital Foundation. “That’s where I’m going to go after my first heart attack from pork,” owner Ed Ho joked. We were relieved that lamb was the order of the evening.

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