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Aprons & Icons
March 14, 2011 | 1:43 pm

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Terroir 2011 roundup: we talk to Toronto’s top chefs and restaurateurs at the foodie symposium

Fergus Henderson (St. John’s) and Arlene Stein (event chair) at Terroir

A couple weeks back, 400 members of the food and hospitality industry gathered at Hart House for Terroir V. The annual symposium saw chefs, restaurateurs and members of the food media musing over this year’s theme: “the balance of artistic creation and traditional craftsmanship in our hospitality industry.” We caught up with some top chefs—including Jason Bangerter (Luma), Mark Cutrara (Cowbell), Matt DeMille (Parts and Labour) and keynote speaker Fergus Henderson—who shared with us what they took away from the day.

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The Informer

From the Print Edition
August 25, 2010 | 8:57 am

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Wild Thing: the story behind the Brick Works

The bucolic eco-paradise between Rosedale and the DVP almost never was. How big money and one ambitious entrepreneur remade the Brick Works By Sasha Chapman

On May 29, the opening day of the Brick Works farmers’ market, I pedalled past the savvy people who had parked their cars illegally outside the Mount Pleasant Ceme­tery’s southern gate, knowing there would be no parking spots below, and through the Moore Park ravine. The air was cool and moist, the trees still. Then, the vista of the Don Valley opened up: the sun was shining on the pretty quarry garden, burning away the morning clouds and reflecting off the wetland ponds. I couldn’t yet see the market, but I could hear it: at 8 a.m., the site was already alive with happy chatter and the slow strum of “You Are My Sunshine” on guitar.

(Image: Jeremy R. Jansen)

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The Dish

Read All About It
May 7, 2009 | 11:37 am

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Oprah’s chicken problem, iPhone apps for foodies, Carlo Petrini in Toronto

iPhood: Diners have an appetite for apps

iPhood: Diners have an appetite for apps (Photo by Kent Wang)

• PC Magazine has listed the iPhone’s 10 best foodie apps. One allows non–meat eaters to find vegetarian restaurants in their area; another gives impulsive users the ability to locate a restaurant with an open table, reserve it, get directions and view the menu. What a time to be alive. [PC Mag]

• The Hot Docs Festival is on, and there are plenty of documentaries for foodies this year—though the films don’t exactly make our mouths water. Topics include dwindling global fish stocks, the importance of nutrition for soldiers at war, and the harm free trade has done to Korean farmers. [BlogTO]

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April 14, 2009 | 7:08 am

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The life of a locavore, peppery peepers and a BMO Field booze ban

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The hottest pepper on Earth? (Photo by Peter Baer)

• In an attempt to break a world record, Anandita Dutta Tamuly of India rubbed 24 chilies in her eyes and ate 51 “ghost chilies.” Gordon Ramsay, who was in attendance, couldn’t manage more than one pepper. [BBC]

• Can Torontonians still eat fresh and local during the recession? The Star reporter Paola Loriggio goes on an off-season locavore diet for a week—complete with predictable story arches, frustrations and I-can’t-give-up-ketchup conclusions. [Toronto Star]

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