Greg Couillard built an international reputation on his flair for combining the diverse flavours of Toronto in unique and spectacular ways. Through his many groundbreaking restaurants like The Parrot, Stelle, Avec, Sarkis, The Spice Room and others, his prescient embrace of this city’s multicultural influences and ingredients foreshadowed the kind of eclectic, international menus we […]
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 offer us a glimpse […]
Nigeria is often referred to as the "Giant of Africa", being both the most populous and wealthiest nation on the continent. The combination of a long history, diverse population and varied geography provides a fertile soil for a complex and varied cuisine, but one sadly underrepresented in Toronto. Nigerian cuisine, like West African cuisine in […]
Canada Day means many things to many people — a long weekend, fireworks, waving flags — but this feels like a narrow way to celebrate the place where we live. This day affords us an opportunity to reflect upon our intimate relationship to the land that sustains us and the people who first inhabited it; […]
Join Calabrian-born home chef Frank Mazzuca from FamilyStyle as he shares some of his favourite dishes inspired by the Calabrian countryside in southern Italy. Enjoy a few Calabrese stories, music and share in the rustic culinary charms of the terrroni (people of the earth). Yamu Ya! (Let’s Go!) ----- Antipasti House-cured soppressatta, cappocolo, and other […]
Every place I travel, I bring flavors back with me and try to recreate those dishes in my kitchen. Food and travel are kind of inseparable. When you go somewhere, you take communion with that place through what you eat there. When people emigrate, they carry their food with them, and over time that becomes […]
Despite being an incredible food city in so many ways, Toronto does not have much in the way of its own unique, signature dishes. Chef Greg Couillard’s iconic Jump Up Soup would be as credible a contender as any. For a time this was probably Toronto’s most famous dish, inspired by the first Caribana Parade […]
With Toronto's Caribana just around the corner — currently the largest cultural event in Canada and the largest outdoor festival in North America — it's a perfect opportunity to get into the Caribbean Carnival spirit. Inspired by Jamaica's motto, "Out of many, one people", award-winning Chef Winslow Taylor has crafted an elegant menu representing some […]
Tunisian cuisine features all the hallmarks of delicious North African food: complex spices, Mediterranean ingredients and a hint of French colonial influence. Tagines, the flavourful stews that range from Morocco to Egypt, get their name from the characteristic conical dishes of the same name that they are most often cooked in. Dali Chehimi has […]
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 offer us a glimpse […]
