Join Emily Zimmerman, The Dep’s resident vegan maven, for some fresh, colourful Mediterranean vibes — an elegant scratch-made feast that is the perfect antidote to the February blahs. Antipasti Cured, pickled, and marinated vegetables and fruits, slabs of tofu feta, and eggplant “bacon” wrapped melon. Panelle Thin shards of crispy, creamy chickpea flour polenta with […]
Celebrate this Valentine's Day on the wild side. When we think of our ‘lower’ human drives, our lusty appetites, we can find ourselves in often slippery territory. How else would we have developed an entire genre of pornography based on the 1814 woodblock print by Japanese master printer Hokusai, The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife […]
When someone mentions Moroccan cuisine we can easily envision the colourful market places of Marrakech filled with spice bars and a rainbow of local foods and flavours. Moroccan cuisine is an amalgamation of foods from the many people who have called it home over the centuries featuring flavours such as saffron, cinnamon, turmeric, fenugreek, caraway […]
France is home to the concept of terroir – the taste of a specific place – the combination of geography and season, history and culture, tradition and food that give each region its unique specialties. Chef Chantal Véchambre combines her study of the history of French cuisine with decades of experience in the kitchen to […]
Two acclaimed chefs go on a hunting and ice-fishing expedition. They talk food, share knowledge, soak in inspiration from the landscape and the terroir. They return to the city with their bounty, and use their combined skills to transform it into an unforgettable meal that evokes the story of their adventure and the land we […]
“The future of gastronomy is being cooked up in Peru.” — Ferran Adria Renowned for its remarkable diversity, Peruvian gastronomy boasts distinctive fusions of Asian, European, African and Indigenous cuisine with a variety of unique ingredients from the jungles of the Amazon, fertile valleys of the Andes and vast coastlines of the Pacific. For this […]
Patryk Laskowski feels fortunate to live in a place that offers such a flavourful and diverse variety of foods. His menu is a celebration of local Ontario ingredients and producers, showcased using French, Italian and Spanish culinary styles to emphasize their flavours. All of the vegetables, grains, meats, and eggs are Ontario-grown or raised: the birch […]
Four ambitious George Brown Culinary students join forces to fight off the winter blahs. This past month of snow, ice and slush has made us crave the comforts of warming foods: colourful and vibrant antipasti, comforting sweet potato, luscious pork and fragrant apple galette were chosen to warm and soothe our souls until the spring […]
El Retorno de Goyo Garcia Alvarez de los Alsos de Jalisco The Dep is thrilled to welcome Chef Greg Couillard back to The Dep for his 8th season. Chef Greg Couillard is well known for his lifelong fascination with bold flavours and spices; his iconoclastic palate and sensibility transformed the then-conservative world of “fine” dining […]
At the crossroads of Latin American and Caribbean culture, Panama's cuisine is a both familiar yet distinctive. So too is this personal menu by Chef Rossy Earle, a reflection of her Panamanian roots planted in Canadian soil. Tonight she shares a few dishes inspired by her favourites growing up, presented with the skill and consideration […]
