Three sisters of Thanksgiving
Corn, beans and squash are known as the “three sisters” of Thanksgiving.
Category: Food
Better off red
New wines for plunking in the cellar or uncorking in front of the fire
Offers pour in for one of T.O.’s hottest young chefs
After nearly five years at Vertical, one of the business district’s busiest restaurants, Chef Tawfik Shehata has parted ways with management. He tells us he’s already fielded calls from some of Toronto’s top restaurateurs, including one who owns several of the city’s best regarded eateries.
First impressions lunch at Fabbrica, McEwan's new eatery
Celebrity Chef Mark McEwan has created a beautiful modern Italian space with Fabbrica, complete with huge, leather-appointed booth seating and rooms done in dark and light woods with gun metal blue appointments. The pizza isn’t as thin as Queen Margherita or Libretto and, at first, it makes you wonder because it doesn’t defy gravity the way pizza aficionados in Toronto are used to.
Iron chef carves up giant tuna at EDO
Forest Hill sushi hotspot EDO played host Wednesday to Iron Chef Kimio Nonaga of Tokyo, who demonstrated his mastery of Japanese cuisine by whittling a 120-pound yellow fin tuna into bite-sized slabs of mouth-watering sashimi. Even cooler? He did it with a long samurai-style sword.
Chicken pot pie for the soul
Dufflet Rosenberg, patron saint of pastry, and Zane Caplansky, master of meat, search for T.O.’s best chicken pot pie
Picture-perfect neighbourhood fare
The menu is blessedly brief and new each day, beginning in the loveliest of ways. Each diner receives two amuse bouches in ceramic spoons. Tonight the treats are salmon salad with capers and sirloin with whipped blue cheese. And… we are off!
People's Republic of Pasta Hits Midtown
LITTLE ITALY LANDMARK Giancarlo’s Trattoria and Bar is going strong, so the owner has packed up the pasta and ventured north to St.Clair Avenue to open Prop.
Dundas W. eatery dishes it out just like nonna
Enoteca Sociale, while being undeniably Italian, offers anything and everything but pizza. It’s described as ‘food that nonna makes’, but this is one hip granny.
Where Beast's Scott Vivian would take Anthony Bourdain in T.O.
While he’s yet to bring his show to T.O., celebrity chef, author and television star Anthony Bourdain is in town promoting his new book, Medium Raw. We caught up with Beast’s Scott Vivian, tasked with catering a VIP event for Bourdain, and asked him to list the top five Toronto restaurants he’d take the 54-year-old if given the chance.
Former Tempo location has a Public offering
According to new head chef Michel Nadeau, who began helming Public’s kitchen crew only weeks ago, the restaurant offers two menus to diners: one focusing on late-night fare and another that offers a revolving door of heartier meals for earlier eaters and families.
On Tap: T.O.'s first ever Beer Week kicks off
As if you needed an excuse to have a sip of the frosty brew, Toronto’s first ever Beer Week kicks off today with events across the city. Check out our top five picks from TBW’s event list.