What’s refreshing, electric orange in hue, and popping up all over Toronto’s cocktail lists? Aperol, an herb-laced Italian aperitif originated in 1919 by the Barbieri company of Padua. It’s like Campari’s sweeter, less alcoholic cousin.
Not too long ago, Patrick McMurray of Starfish looked into the wild-versus-farmed seafood debate for PostCity.com. That debate has just gotten even more pertinent. According to a new study published in BioScience, wild oysters are “functionally extinct” in many parts of the world.
First it was board games, then it was bowling. Now, ping pong is coming to Toronto. The team that first brought ping pong social club SPiN to New York in 2009 is in the midst of opening a 12,000 square foot branch near King and Spadina, set to open this summer.
After years of playing hard to get, American fashion retailer Intermix is finally making its way across the border this fall with the opening of a 2,500-square-foot flagship on Bloor Street. According to Women’s Wear Daily, Intermix CEO Khajak Keledjian hopes this is the first of many international store openings in Canada and elsewhere.
Bar Salumi may have started as an overflow spot where waiting patrons of Local Kitchen & Wine Bar could have a drink and maybe a quick snack, but it’s branching out and building its own identity on the Queen West strip. And that’s a good thing for Parkdale residents, because Bar Salumi will soon be adding pizza to its menu.
John Adams’ Nixon in China is an operatic rendition of Richard Nixon’s famous five-day journey to China in 1972. The COC begins its run of the show tomorrow, with baritone Robert Orth in the role of the former U.S. president. We got a hold of Orth for a quick chat.
Toronto’s testosterone levels are set to spike tomorrow when WWE Smackdown comes to town. We caught up with The Edge, the current WWE heavyweight champion, who opened up to us about making it big, the Edgucator (his signature move) and his Mount Everest aspirations.
Move over, old Red Eye, there’s a new brew in town. Although beer has been used as a cocktail ingredient in old faithfuls like Black Velvets and Boilermakers, as well as the lesser known Bière Flambée mixtures from Europe, only now is it starting to shine on Toronto’s cocktail lists. Attributed partly to both a broadening public interest in mixology and the diversity of flavours now available from a myriad of craft breweries, beer is making quite a splash with the city’s cocktail enthusiasts.
For anyone who hasn’t tried Sense Appeal, a recently opened indie café on Spadina, tomorrow would be a good time. The café is giving away free Americanos all day in celebration of 100 Facebook “likes.” They’ll be doing the same thing, with a different menu item, for every 100 “likes” to follow.
These days, Google is the king of on-the-fly recipe searches, but deciding which website and recipe to go with still requires a bit of legwork. For something more instant-gratification friendly, Foodily was launched yesterday by a couple of former Yahoo execs. The new site compiles recipe search results side by side, like recipe cards, and also integrates Facebook. Because what is cooking without social networking, anyway?
It may have been a little less dramatic than we expected, but Snowmageddon 2011 is finally here. Somehow, we’re going to have to cope, but that should be doable with the right gear. Below, five items to make the unthinkable (snow in Toronto) easier to overcome, and where to get them.
Of course, not every classic musical needs a cast of several dozen, any more than classic films need a cast of thousands. One of the most charming, witty musicals is The Fantasticks, which opened off Broadway in 1960 and was performed consecutively 17,162 times until 2002.
