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168. Taste of Little Italy

June 17, 2011

One of the most delicious events of the year, the 12th Annual Taste of Little Italy gets started today! Continuing until Sunday, June 19th, this much-anticipated event takes place on College Street between Bathurst and Shaw. Catch musical performances, enjoy the wares of crafters/artisans, and of course, don’t miss your opportunity to taste the well-loved food of the Little Italy neighbourhood! Participating restaurants include Teatro, I Feel Like Crepe,  La Forchetta Ristorante, Urban Thai, Golden Wheat Bakery and Pasta, LOL and many more!

Taste of Little Italy

For more information on Taste of Little Italy, go to www.tasteoflittleitaly.ca.

 

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167. Hands on cooking class: Double Duty – The Whole Chicken

June 16, 2011

What’s the best way to eat gourmet meals while sticking to a grocery budget? By using one ingredient in multiple different ways! In this “hands on cooking class,” Chef Geraldine Cutajar will teach you how you can use a chicken to make multiple different meals. Learn how to make a perfectly roasted chicken, which can then be used to make chicken stock and a delicious roasted chicken salad!

Hands on cooking class: Double Duty - The Whole Chicken

The two-hour cooking class is hosted by the St. Lawrence Market Kitchen, and starts at 6pm. To register, call 416-860-0727, or email kitchen@stlawrencemarket.com. This class is $65 per person.

 

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163. Toronto Taste 2011

June 12, 2011

“Pairing cuisine and compassion,” Toronto Taste celebrates our city’s top chefs and beverage purveyors while raising support for Second Harvest.

Second Harvest is a non-profit organization that picks up donated perishable food which would otherwise go to waste, and then delivers that food to social service agencies across Toronto. Proceeds raised by Toronto Taste support Second Harvest’s delivery program, enabling the charitable organization to provide more than 16,000 meals to hungry Torontonians each day.

Tickets for Toronto Taste are $250 with a tax receipt issued for $125. The event takes place at the Royal Ontario Museum, and is guaranteed to satisfy your taste buds and your conscious as you help to put meals on the table of your fellow city-dwellers, while indulging in the gastronomic adventure of the year! For more information, go to www.torontotaste.ca.

 

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140. Pick up meat for weekend BBQs at Meat on the Beach!

May 20, 2011

It’s the May 2-4 weekend, and it wouldn’t be complete without grilling up some meat (or at least some delicious fresh veggies)! At Meat on the Beach you’ll find some of the best tasting, most wholesome, naturally raised, fresh meats, perfect for celebrating your long weekend. The selection doesn’t stop there – if barbecuing isn’t your thing pick up some oven-ready creations, such as rosemary-marinated Cornish hens, or succulent bacon-wrapped prime rib. If you don’t want to cook at all, there’s always ready made entrees, soups, and rotisserie grilled items, deli cold cuts and sausages, a fantastic selection of fresh breads and dessert items, and even flowers to put the finishing touch on your, uh, long-toiled over dinner party!

Meat on the Beach

To find out more, check out Meat on the Beach’s website, and be sure to take a look at Heikki’s interview with store owner Ernesto Monte as they discuss the best-kept secrets of The Beach neighbourhood!

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129. Monday Night’s Food for Thought: Get 86’d with Ivy Night.

May 9, 2011

A self-described “hotbed for culture,” the Drake Hotel hosts events every night of the week, including tonight’s event, “Food for Thought: Ged 86’d with Ivy Night.” Every Monday, event participants get their hands dirty with “food art” as contestants engage in a competitive cook-off. Be a guest judge for the competition, or get creative with some of your own food art. Tonight’s event invites you to bring out your old cookbooks to swap them for some gently used, “new-to-you” ones in a good old fashioned “Cookbook + Recipe Swap.”

Get 86'd with Ivy Night

Get 86’D with Ivy Knight starts at 7pm tonight (and every Monday) in the Free Lounge. For more information on this and other events, check out the Drake Hotel’s website.

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123. Toronto Urban Gardens: Growing Your Own Food

May 3, 2011

Calling all “urban farmers” – explore the growing urban gardening scene tonight at Evergreen Brick Works! In this installment of the GE Cafe Chefs Series: Food for Thought, Anthony Rose, Executive Chef at The Drake Hotel, along with Rebekka Hutton, Urban Agriculture Manager for Evergreen, will help you learn how you can grow your own food at home.

Toronto Urban Gardens

Food security is an increasingly important issue, and growing your own food is a great way to up your food self-sufficiency. Rose’s emphasis on fresh and local ingredients, coupled with Hutton’s urban agriculture expertise, will make for an informative and fascinating evening which will include an interactive cooking demonstration, time to enjoy a meal, and a fascinating discussion about the merits of harvesting your own food right here in Toronto.

Each of the GE Café Chefs Series workshops cost $60 per person, and take place at the Centre for Green Cities from 6-9pm. Register now at the Evergreen Brickworks’ website.

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107. Iron Cupcake Competition @ For the Love of Cake

April 17, 2011

Cupcakes have been trendy for the last couple of years, and For the Love of Cake has the art of the cupcake down to a science. Located in Liberty Village, this fantastic bakery features traditionally flavoured cupcakes, and the more unusual “man cakes” (think bacon, Guinness, and stout flavoured confections). In addition to their array of fantastic flavours, For the Love of Cake regularly hosts an “Iron Cupcake Competition.”

Iron Cupcake @ For The Love of Cake

Iron Cupcake is a cupcake-baking contest open to the public. The concept is similar to “Iron Chef;” a “secret ingredient” is announced, and bakers must incorporate it into their cupcakes. The competitors make the cupcakes ahead of time and bring their finished product to the competition, where “judges” (this is where you come in!) award participants with points for presentation, taste and creativity. Want to be a judge? (Of course you do – who wouldn’t want to taste-test cupcakes?!) The cover for non-contestants is $5, and you’ll get to sample and judge the cupcakes and help decide on the people’s choice award! The tasting gets underway at 1pm today!

For more information on the Iron Cupcake competition, go to http://fortheloveofcake.ca/cupcakes/ironcupcake/. Be sure to check out Heikki’s interview with For the Love of Cake owner, Genevieve Griffin, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiP5_XrHjg.

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106. Evergreen Brick Works Farmers’ Market

April 16, 2011

Hosted at the Young Welcome Centre on Saturdays from 9am until 1pm (in the summer the start time is 8am), the Evergreen Brick Works Farmers’ Market features the “best of the season.” Shop for fruits, vegetables, wild fish, meat, cheese, milled flours, eggs, and oils, all grown/raised/produced by local farmers. Purchasing local food is better for the environment, tastes fresher, and is good for your conscience – supporting Ontario farmers is a great way to “green” up your life!

Evergreen Brick Works Farmers' Market

Rhubarb, beets, cabbage, carrots, fiddleheads, parsnips, and many greenhouse-grown fruits and veggies are all in season in April, so visit Evergreen Brick Works and do your produce shopping for the week! Not only will you get your grocery shopping done, you’l have the opportunity to visit Toronto’s new community environmental centre in the heart of the Don Valley. For more information about Evergreen Brick Works, visit http://ebw.evergreen.ca/.

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95. Taste ‘n’ Tour Tuesdays at Casa Loma

April 5, 2011

Inspired by the sold out Winterlicious event, “Taste n’ Tour,” Casa Loma presents the chance to enjoy a Prix Fix Dinner every month through Winter and Spring! Taste n’ Tour Tuesdays at Casa Loma includes a three-course meal, live musical entertainment, and an opportunity to tour the Castle at your leisure.

Taste 'n' Tour Tuesdays

A great idea for a date, small group, or even a corporate outing, the Taste n’ Tour starts at 6pm and continues until 10pm.

Organized by Pegasus Hospitality Group, tickets are available for $50 plus HST and gratuities. For tickets, call 416-533-1573. For more information, go to www.casaloma.org/.

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88. Visit A Taste of Quebec

March 29, 2011

Located in the beautiful Distillery District, A Taste of Quebec is Toronto’s only food boutique specializing in terroir products from Quebec. Featuring the finest artisan cheeses, gourmet delicacies, and other delights, A Taste of Quebec not only offers products to help you create delicious meals at home, but provides Quebec delicacies from the Gallery Café, adjacent to the boutique and located in the Thompson Landry Gallery.

A Taste of Quebec

Interested in purchasing Quebecois cheese, but want to sample it first? Need a deliciously hand-crafted quiche for your dinner party, but don’t have the time to fiddle with phyllo pastry? Craving a unique lunch created from the highest-quality, local ingredients available? A Taste of Quebec is all of this and more. Explore A Taste of Quebec at http://www.atasteofquebec.com, and be sure to take a look at Heikki’s interview with Thom, one of the shop’s expert operators!