The intangible, irresistible lure of bacon is no secret. Consider the recent proliferation of such pork-ified items as chocolate covered bacon, bacon ice cream and even bacon beer. But that temptation is exactly why vegetarians should stay away from bacon at all costs, NPR suggests.
For signori and donne in Italy, Ozzero is a municipality in the province of Milan in the Lombardy region. For Torontonians, it’s a new trattoria in North Toronto that serves up classic plates of Italian without pomp or fanfare.
Toronto Public Health is urging anyone who ate at Sierra Grill in North York on Jan. 23, 2011 to get the Hepatitis A vaccine. An employee of the restaurant, located at 2901 Bayview Ave., near Sheppard Avenue, tested positive for the disease. Anyone who dined there on the date in question may have been exposed.
David and Nina Rocco, hosts of the Food Network’s Dolce Vita, fall in love with the city’s most authentic Margherita pizzas.
Ontario Spring Water Sake Company, Toronto’s first Japanese sake brewery, located at the heart of the Distillery District, is set to open this spring. The company is developing Junmai (pure sake) and Nama (unpasteurized sake) on par with its Japanese counterparts.
The Avenue and Davenport area is bursting with Italian restaurants, but Silvio Spano believes Ceno (“to dine” in Latin) offers something more.
Last year, Joanne Kates named French bistro Pastis her number one restaurant in Toronto. Here are five more of Kates’ favourites.
Open Window Bakery, a Toronto fixture for more than 50 years, has closed its doors at all seven locations across the city. The company employs more than 250 people and, aside from their seven locations, provides baked goods to roughly 500 independent outlets and chains across Ontario.
Eight chefs compete, one leaves with a cutting board stuck with Iberico ham hooves? A fitting trophy, perhaps, for Cava restaurant’s second annual Ground Hog Day cook-off on Feb. 2 — an evening stuffed with Toronto’s finest ground, cured, chopped, pureed, emulsified, and brined cold pork dishes.
A restaurant concept that began in Italy, and now has locations in New York and Los Angeles, is coming to Brookfield Place in downtown Toronto. With a focus on using the finest, freshest ingredients, Obika’s whole concept is based around a mozzarella bar.
Dining at Brockton General, where virtually everything is local including the house-made vinegar, is an experience so unique that I can hardly describe it, and I can blab about anything. Officially, Brockton General is billed as a snack bar that transforms into a little foodie mecca from Thursday night until Saturday.
The Winterlicious food festival kicks off later this month to the delight and/or consternation of restaurateurs and diners alike. But the winter foodie fun may not end when the fest shuts down on Feb. 10. The massive city-driven culinary event may have spawned a new, let’s say, Winterlicious Light that could be up and running just days after the city-run fest finishes.
