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Culinary Curiosities

Six Ontario delicacies being served at the Olympics Pavilion

Peanut brittle from Sudbury's Sinfully Deelicious (Photo via sinfullydeelicious.com)

It’s no secret that corporate sponsorship is one of the most competitive sports at the Games, but a few independent brewers, bakers and farmers made the cut at the Ontario House in the Olympics Pavilion. Alongside the Coke, Minute Maid and Timothy’s coffee, there’s enough Ontario nosh to satisfy any locavore.

Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company: Lug Tread Ale
Based in eastern Ontario, Beau’s is more familiar to residents of Ottawa and Kingston—that is, until the family brewery made it into Ontario House. Its Lug Tread Ale, a lager-ale mix, is being served on tap and in a beer–and–Balderson cheddar soup.

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| 1 Comment » February 24, 2010 | 10:53 am | Laura Trethewey

Pantry Raid

Back in business: City-run farmers’ markets are open again

Yonge-Dundas Square will be filled with scent of fresh strawberries today after striking municipal workers agreed to allow farmers’ markets to resume. Today’s session, which run until 2 p.m., will feature the same vendors who normally sell at Nathan Philips Square on Wednesdays. All other farmer’s markets at Toronto’s Civic Centres will be business as usual starting today. The only difference? Vendors will be taking care of the trash. A full list of open markets, after the jump.

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| Leave a Comment » July 2, 2009 | 12:57 pm | Josh Dehaas

Food Porn

Hidden treasure: A photographic tour through some of Toronto’s best dim sum

In the beginning: Our plate at Grand Chinese Cuisine waits to be filled (All photos by Renée Suen)

One of Toronto’s best dim sum experiences occurs in the strangest of venues: the Doubletree Hilton hotel near Pearson airport. Grand Chinese Cuisine is as glamorous as its name suggests. Heavy table linens add a muted, luxurious ambience to the dining room—a circular enclave with walnut blinds that block out the lobby so effectively that it is hard to believe we are dining in a hotel (or in Etobicoke, for that matter). Most foodies are familiar with the traditional forms of dim sum, but nouveau styles, like the dishes here, have taken connoisseurs by storm. We find ourselves sampling flavourful treats that are as appealing to the eye as they are to our appetites—all with a mid-range price tag. Our photographic tour of a legendary dim sum meal, after the jump.

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| 1 Comment » May 1, 2009 | 2:50 pm | Renée Suen

Food Porn

Sushi Kaji: An omakase odyssey

The view from here: Above the bar at Sushi Kaji (All photos by Renée Suen)

Nearly every Toronto food enthusiast has heard about a little boîte on the Queensway called Sushi Kaji. We were there recently for the omakase meal ($120)—12 courses spanning several hours. Nabbing a spot at the bar, we were privy to the cooking theatre starring chefs Mitsuhiro Kaji and Takeshi Okada, and also got to slurp soba noodles with staffers from some of Toronto’s best restaurants. We found ourselves in the jubilant company of folks from the Thuet empire, Scaramouche and All the Best Fine Foods. Our bellies were treated to a parade of Japanese delights—presented in the photos after the jump—and we left with the happy impression that, despite the economy, many chefs still choose to eat out and support one another’s craft.

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| 1 Comment » March 26, 2009 | 3:41 pm | Renée Suen

Urban Decoder

My streetcar stopped at a Tim Hortons mid-route, and the driver got out and grabbed a coffee.

Dear Urban Decoder: My streetcar stopped at a Tim Hortons mid-route, and the driver got out and grabbed a coffee. Is that kosher?—Ivan Topple, Etobicoke

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| Leave a Comment » July 10, 2008 | 1:36 pm | Toronto Life Staff

Citystate

Gloria Lindsay Luby farts at Gardiner party

At city hall yesterday, the Supreme Soviet—beg pardon, the Executive Committee—voted 12–1 in favour of tearing down the Gardiner east of Jarvis (or, at least, to go ahead with an environmental assessment of its tear-down). The lone dissenter was Gloria Lindsay Luby, the Etobicoke councillor who, running counter to the urban zeitgeist that puts walking, cycling and transit ahead of driving, said that the city should be building infrastructure, not tearing it down. Why she may be right, after the jump.

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| 1 Comment » June 27, 2008 | 12:24 pm | Philip Preville

Chatto's Digest

Making progress

A tasty young rumour appears to be true—that Gordon Ramsay will be opening a restaurant in Toronto. He is currently in negotiation for space in rather a cool venue: the new condo tower planned for 1 Bloor Street East. Perhaps he’ll also turn the project into a TV show.

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| 4 Comments » April 30, 2008 | 1:52 pm | James Chatto

Preville on Politics

Why not let the kids redesign Leslieville?

The battle over big-box retail is heating up in the city’s east end. SmartCentres is planning a 650,000-square-foot retail development on Eastern Avenue near Leslie Street that may include a Wal-Mart. The city has vetoed the plan. The developer has appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board. Asked to declare a provincial interest in the matter, Queen’s Park declined. The matter goes before the OMB next month. We’ve seen this before.

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| Leave a Comment » April 23, 2008 | 2:25 pm | Philip Preville

Preville on Politics

In Toronto, users pay—but for what?

Now that the hysteria over recreation fees has subsided—a 21 per cent increase for city programs reduced to eight per cent, which is still more than quadruple the inflation rate—perhaps we can now have a sanguine discussion about the philosophical ramifications of user fees. Whether it’s for recreation or trash collection or anything else, the more the city charges for individual services, the more demanding residents will become, and the less sympathetic they will be when the city cries poor, as it so often does these days.

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| Leave a Comment » February 13, 2008 | 4:09 pm | Philip Preville

Preville on Politics

That stupid map again

So I pick up my morning Globe and there on the front page lies the same colour-coded map of Toronto that I saw not long ago in the Star: soft pastel hues downtown, harshly saturated reds in the northwest and northeast extremities. What excuse, I wonder, has John Barber found to write last month’s story yet again? Diabetes? Heart disease? Single parenthood? Weekly hours of TV viewing? Drug use? Transit inaccessibility? Murders?

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| Leave a Comment » December 20, 2007 | 9:57 am | Philip Preville