After a too-long hiatus, The Dep is excited to welcome Ksenija "The Boz" Hotic back to our kitchen for another fantastic foray into the heart of Bosnian cuisine and culture. Wild Mushroom Soup A rustic and warming mushroom soup with a mix of wild, dried and fresh mushrooms and herbs. Zeljanica A baked savoury pastry made […]
Sicily is a culturally rich and diverse island with so many unique flavours to be explored. Being a major port to the mainland of Italy, Sicily has embraced and celebrated it’s diversity through a truly unique cuisine. Remnants of Islamic rule in the 10th century can be seen in the flavours from pistachio and couscous […]
What happens when three management consultants walk into a kitchen? We’re Corey, Morgan, and Sam! A group of three management consultants from a Toronto-based firm in the heart of Chinatown. The three of us share a passion for food and fine dining, but find the most joy in hosting small events and cooking for friends. […]
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 […]
