December 2007 Contents
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Eat, Drink and Be Daring
From such local classics as butter tarts and peameal on a bun to more recent arrivals like goat rotis and kimchee empanadas, our 100 must-try-before-you-die tastes are all either made in Toronto, unique to the city, or hard enough to find elsewhere that they make us feel lucky to live here By Chris Nuttall-Smith
The Scarborough Curse
How did boring, white-bread Scarberia, the butt of Mike Myers jokes, turn into Scarlem—a mess of street gangs, firebombings and stabbings? Portrait of Toronto’s unluckiest suburb By Don Gillmor
Who’s Minding the Store?
Loblaw’s decline is a story of clashing egos, professional jealousy and strategic screw-ups, the biggest being the company’s decision to try to out-Wal-Mart Wal-Mart. Can Galen Weston Jr. save this sinking ship? By Peter Foster
This City
Jazz singer SOPHIE MILMAN'S double life • ADAM VAUGHAN’S quest to become a serious pain in Miller’s ass • A look at the FAST AND FEARSOME RAPTORS, a Toronto team with post-season potential (really)
Columns
Deadly Lesson
When Jordan Manners was shot dead in his high school last May, some said it was gang related, others said it was an accident. But the root of the crime—bureaucrats playing hot potato with students—is far more disturbing By John Lorinc
The Scene Stealer
Part schlemiel, part shark, maverick theatre producer Aubrey Dan is gunning to upstage David Mirvish as the city’s new go-to impresario By Alec Scott
City Survivor
The List
Ten things skater boy Kurt Browning can't live without By Amy Verner
Holiday Super Shopper
Just in time to solve your seasonal retail woes, an extended guide to the city's best loot By Jane Apor
Great Spaces
Lofty pursuit: a young couple transforms a former knitting factory tool room in to a funky abode
Real Estate
Why bungalows are sprouting second storeys all over town By Bert Archer
Food & Drink
Drink
South American express: Uruguay and Brazil get into the game By David Lawrason
Restaurants
RAVISOUPS concocts a HOLIDAY DISH worth gobbling up • The Four Seasons hosts
the 4TH ANNUAL WINE TASTING CHALLENGE • Plus, our star-rated reviews
This Month
Paul Anka on 50 years in showbiz, the mob and Ol’ Blue Eyes • Whippersnapper Gallery hosts the city’s top photo bloggers • Dispatch from Circa, Peter Gatien’s long-awaited mega-club
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