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Food & Drink
Summerlicious 2012: our food editor picks the top 10 offerings from this year’s Licious list
Ten years in, Toronto’s loved (and loathed) bacchanalia of affordable dining is larger than ever, with 181 restaurants offering...
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A look at the pork-mad garden party that was the Group of Seven Hogtown Throwdown
What do you get when you give eight chefs a Perth Pork pig, some beer and wine and an open-air venue to host an event? A...
Food & Drink
Waving goodbye to the enviropigs
The dream of a genetically engineered pig that produces pristine (okay, less phosphorous-laden) manure is, for the time being at...
Food & Drink
South Africa prepares for a pork-off with Canada over health claims
South Africans will happily eat millions of dollars worth of Canadian pork every year, but if we keep (allegedly!) exporting our...
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McDonald’s to make treatment of pigs slightly less cruel
For years, animal rights activists have insisted that “gestational crates”—the small boxes used to confine pregnant...
Food & Drink
The bacon-everything trend reaches its tragedy and farce stage (parental discretion advised)
This morning, the world’s food editors, reporters and bloggers issued forth a collective shudder upon receiving the latest press...
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Introducing: Hardys, the second southern barbecue joint to grace St. Clair West
Back in May, we reported on an upcoming barbecue joint, Hardys: A Hogtown Brasserie (its name a riff on Toronto’s pig-farming...
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Food & Drink
A gourmand’s guide to haute dogs for the grill
Innovative butchers are digging up old family recipes and mixing exotic meats with offbeat flavourings Olliffe ’s butchers mix...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: the rich, crispy pork belly at Trattoria Mercatto
Lunch around the Eaton Centre usually means waiting in long lineups for food court fare, but the recent launch of Trattoria...
City News
Four things we learned from the auditor general’s report on the G20
Back in the dim mists of time— about six weeks ago , during that whole election thingy—we took a moment’s pause from the...
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Food & Drink
The South Rises: Chris Nuttall-Smith on the best barbecue joints in the GTA
The city’s latest southern-inspired restaurants are serving up smoky, tender, chin-dribbling barbecue. Who cares if it’s not...
Food & Drink
Just in time for Easter, a photographic tour of Toronto’s exceptional—and unusual—egg creations
Nutrient-dense, endlessly versatile, yet Platonically simple, eggs are truly one of nature’s perfect foods. While many chefs...
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Weekly Lunch Pick: a sumptuous tart with an earthy soup
A favourite with financial district suits, Biff’s combines bistro decor—art nouveau posters, yellow walls, black and white...
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Good Stuff Cheap: 11 selections for a kick-ass and low-cost charcuterie plate
House-made prosciutto ($3.69 per 100 g) from Masellis is sweet, buttery-soft, tender and rich, with a hint of porky barnyard—and...
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Introducing: Campagnolo, the new meat-loving spot on Dundas West’s carnivore row
After 2010, it’s hard to remember what a sad little patch of real estate once existed along Dundas West, between Bathurst and...
Food & Drink
How to make Canoe’s braised pork and split peas
Chef Anthony Walsh’s mother taught him how to cook pork so tender you can eat it with a spoon. Here’s his recipe “I started...
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Feasting at the Ex: nine foods that stand out (for various hilarious reasons) at the Canadian National Exhibition
Since the kickoff of the 132nd edition of the Ex, deep-fried butter has dominated CNE-related headlines. There’s no doubt that...
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Best of the City 2010: 14 picks for the top food in Toronto
Korean feast Owl of Minerva 700 Bloor St. W., 416-538-3030 The trendy Asian cuisine of the moment is at its most authentic when...
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A sticky situation: how to make Union’s finger-licking ribs
Chef Teo Paul describes his 20-year quest for the perfect ribs “ Back in the ’80s, there was this place by our house, near...
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Barbecued meat causes cancer. How to avoid carcinogens but keep the flavour
There are still some things that don’t cause cancer (yet), but barbecued meat is not one of them. Charred flesh contains...
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Where to eat lunch this week: Chuck and Company
Liberty Village may be late to the party when it comes to the fancy burger trend, but good things come to those who wait The...
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Celebrating the Week of Eating In with the nine “grossest packaged foods ever”
Pork brains in milk gravy contain 1,170 per cent of an adult’s recommended daily intake of cholesterol (though the upchuck...
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Liberty Village bread factory is relocating to Hamilton
It’s been just over a month since we first reported on Canada Bread’ s announcement that it will be closing three aging...
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Black Hoof buys Berkshire pigs for restaurant
In an effort to make charcuterie bastion Black Hoof more self-sufficient, the owners have purchased two female Berkshire...
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’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
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Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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