Wine labels 101
YOU’RE STANDING IN the liquor store surveying a bewildering regiment of wines. What motivates you to reach for one particular bottle: price, cute little critter on the label, colour?
Category: Food
Franco is back!
FRANCO AGOSTINO’S RESUME includes a number of Toronto’s finest restaurants, including acclaimed establishments Il Posto Nuovo, Caffe Doria and Banfi.
Fresh and funky fare
FRESH AND FABULOUS is the formula here, with a hopping room and a star-studded menu of Italian classics that sate young and old, famished and fickle.
Cozy resto packs a lot of flavour
Mac ‘n’ cheese with beef brisket rocks Midtown
Fusion eatery shows potential
New restaurant boasts modern and funky atmosphere
Mother’s Day meatball free-for-all
T.O.’s Italian chef extraordinaire, ‘Mama’ Rosa Marinuzzi of Seven Numbers restaurant, puts the city’s best sandwiches to the test
This ain’t Tex-Mex and no, they don’t have fajitas!
Today’s existential question: are Torontonians ready for upscale Mexican cuisine if it comes with high-end prices?
Make way for the Groovy grape
AN AUSTRIAN SOMMELIER in New York habitually asks his diners, “What would you like to drink — red, white or green?” He’s not offering them a St. Patrick’s Day special.
Catch of the day
In the summer, I love to get away from my oven and out to the barbecue, but lately, we’ve been reading about the dangers of a diet containing excess meat.
From Italy with love & linguine
FOR THE LAST 15 years, Nino Ciuffi has been travelling back and forth between Sorrento, Italy, and Toronto in an awe-inspiring, long-distance relationship.
Guru at the grill
The upscale burger joint is nothing new except for a stylish room, a first-rate wait staff and a kitchen of grilling gurus.
Toronto’s Italian ice capades
When it comes to judging gelato, no one’s better than T.O.’s Italian chef Massimo Capra, owner of Mistura and star of Restaurant Makeover