Toronto chef and R&B singer Roger Mooking is streamlining his life—again. In 2010 he sold his first-born restaurant, Kultura Social Dining, to nightclub impresario and actor Frank Nyilas, and a few weeks back he parted with his beloved Nyood, selling his share to yet another Clubland fixture, Mary Filigno (BLVD Room, Blurr).
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Roger Mooking sells stake in Nyood to focus on family, new album and cookbook
Winterlicious 2010: the list of restaurants is out
(Photo by John Hritz)
It’s that time of year again, when sniping begins over the dozens of menus featuring new (and often unexciting) ways to prepare house salad, chicken and a trio of sorbet. That’s right: the Winterlicious list is out, and it’s 150 restaurants strong.
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Love is in the air—and the food—at Tundra’s tribute to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tundra lures the pre-opera crowd (Ian Muttoo)
Tonight, the Hilton Tundra restaurant and Canadian Opera Company’s Appetite for Opera—a dinner series in which dishes are inspired by productions at the Four Seasons Centre—gets its biggest challenge yet: how to make a meal in the image of Benjamin Britten’s notoriously trippy A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Chef Kreg Graham will set five courses (each paired with a wine) to the moody adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy, which opened yesterday. Now in its fourth season, Tundra’s program has foodified shows like Tosca and Rusalka to taunt opera-goers to the table. We couldn’t help but wonder how nymphs and fairies translate to the plate, so we stop in for a preview of what Graham’s cooking up for the enchanted occasion.
Toronto is Canada’s “party town,” Country Style is sold, wedding catering nightmares
Sold! Ontario's second-largest doughnut chain gets a new owner (Photo by Kevin Steele)
• Montreal’s King of the Food Court, Stanley Ma (the owner of Yogen Früz and Sushi Shop), buys Ontario’s second-largest coffee chain, Country Style. Who’s up for some fusion doughnuts? [Toronto Star]
• Britain’s Telegraph offers a Londoner’s guide to Toronto, “Canada’s party town.” Among the culinary picks are Delux, Rodney’s Oyster House and, wait for it, Second Cup. For homesick Brits, the article recommends the gastro-pub Crush. [Telegraph]
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