It’s a truism that salty snacks encourage beer drinking, but what if there were a way to put the salt right in the beer? Turns out that the German brewers of Goslar, near Leipzig, figured this out hundreds of years ago. The Gose river that runs through the town has enough dissolved mineral salts to give a distinctive salty flavour to the wheat ale from that region, which is known, appropriately, as Gose.
Tomorrow, pinball will happen, and it will happen in great amounts. The Stratford Festival is setting up 100 pinball machines in the main lobby of First Canadian Place in order to a) attempt to break the Guinness world record for most pinball games played at the same time and b) promote Tommy the musical. Yes, it’s a media ploy. But it’s not a terrible one.
Earlier this month, Rosedale’s Drake General Store relocated to Yonge and Eglinton. The reason for the move? Simple: the new location offers more retail space than either of the other two stores.
Restaurants devoted to the creatures of the sea are gaining ground in Toronto, and Ossington’s Fishbar — which recently rang in its second birthday — was on the cusp of the trend. Fishbar keeps the focus on sustainable catches, with most of the menu being Ocean Wise certified.
After nearly 20 years with Great Big Sea, founding member Alan Doyle recently released his first solo album. He checks into Hugh’s Room for two shows this week, starting tonight.
While there are a few bespoke shoe shops around Toronto, Leatherfoot — Yorkville’s latest custom men’s footwear operation — is hoping to become the sole name in the high-end shoe conversation.
Charles MacPherson is a butler with experience managing the households of the country’s most prominent families. He also founded the one and only school of butlering in North America. So, if he says you use a fork and knife to eat cooked bacon, then you wrap your greasy fingers around those utensils and get to cutting.
Ask any mother who’s made a man out of a son and she’ll tell you: teaching is never a one-way street. In fact, the moms and sons you’ll see here can attest to that very ethos. But enough from us, we’ll let them do the talking.
Deport Jim Carrey! That’s the rallying cry of certain factions of the American right aiming to have our hometown hero banned from the U.S. for making fun of the Second Amendment — that’s the one that gives Americans the “right to bear arms.”
If you’re expecting something sweet, be warned: this Riesling from the Nahe is crisply dry. Straw-lime in colour, it has a minerally, petrol nose with flavours of dried apricot and a long, long finish.
It’s Thursday, and the weekend is fast approaching. Need stuff to see or do? We’ve got you covered. In this edition, a chicken wing festival, whisky and jazz at Roy Thomson Hall, tea events for Mother’s Day and more.
Some weeks ago, a most ugly house in North Toronto was swarmed. It’s a semi, built like its neighbours about 90 years ago, has a mutual drive, is on a residential street, one block north of an arterial. The current owners added an addition to the original 1,100-square-foot, two-storey cube. Rooflines don’t match, the exterior’s stucco-over-OSB and the lack of design work makes the squirrels woozy.
